Etymology

koloa

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Today it means: The Hawaiian duck, Anas wyvilliana. Full definition →

Hawaiian koloa ← Proto-Polynesian *toloa
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  1. Proto-Polynesian · derived from*toloa“duck”
  2. Hawaiian · borrowed fromkoloa
  3. English todaykoloa

Borrowed from Hawaiian koloa, from Proto-Polynesian *toloa (“duck”).

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