English
elepaio
Elepaio comes from Hawaiian ʻelepaio.
- Hawaiianmodernʻelepaio
- Englishearliest quotation 1962elepaio
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Hawaiianmodernʻelepaio
- Englishearliest quotation 1962elepaio
Earliest quotation: 1962, Sister Mary St. Lawrence, Exploring Nature in Hawaii (book 8: “On these three islands elepaios are our most common…”
Every English word from Hawaiian ʻelepaio
Today it means
noun Any of three species of monarch flycatcher in the genus Chasiempis, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hawaiian ʻelepaio / elepaio