Etymology

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Today it means: Great bulrush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani), a slender grass once used for thatching houses in Hawaii. Full definition →

Hawaiian ʻakaʻakai ← Proto-Polynesian *kataredup.?
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The story

  1. Proto-Polynesian*kataredup.?
  2. Hawaiianʻakaʻakai
  3. English todayakaakai

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻakaʻakai.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.