English
halau
Halau comes from Hawaiian hālau ‘longhouse, meeting house’, and goes back to Proto-Polynesian *falau ‘canoe shed’.
- Proto-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*falau‘canoe shed’reconstructed
- Hawaiianmodernhālau‘longhouse, meeting house’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000halau
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Polynesianprehistoric (reconstructed)*falau‘canoe shed’reconstructed
- Hawaiianmodernhālau‘longhouse, meeting house’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000halau
Earliest quotation: 2000, Rosemary Patterson, An End to Innocence: “It seemed like we were always preparing for a…”
Every English word from Proto-Polynesian *falau
Today it means
noun A school or group of hula dancers.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Polynesian *falau / halau