nahā

Hawaiian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *ŋafaqa (“to burst open, to crack”) (compare with Tahitian ʻafā, Tongan ngafa, Maori ngāwhā).[1][2]

Verb

nahā

  1. to crack, to break, to smash

Etymology 2

Verb

nahā

  1. to disappear out of sight

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “ga-faqa”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “nahā”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 258
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