English
koae
Koae comes from Hawaiian koaʻe.
- Hawaiianmodernkoaʻe
- Englishearliest quotation 2023koae
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Hawaiianmodernkoaʻe
- Englishearliest quotation 2023koae
Earliest quotation: 2023, Gerard Fowke, Nathaniel Bright Emerson: “Then the koae, or tropic bird, was sent to…”
Every English word from Hawaiian koaʻe
Today it means
noun Synonym of tropicbird.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hawaiian koaʻe / koae