Etymology

ahi

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Today it means: yellowfin tuna Full definition →

Hawaiian ʻahi ← Proto-Polynesian *kasi
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The story

  1. Proto-Polynesian*kasi
  2. Hawaiianʻahi
  3. English todayahi

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻahi (“yellowfin tuna”).

Words from the same roots

Hawaiianʻahi all →

tombo ahi

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.