Etymology

walaʻau

Today it means: garrulous Full definition →

Hawaiian walaʻau ← ['haw walaʻau
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  1. ['haw · borrowed fromwalaʻau
  2. Hawaiian · borrowed fromwalaʻau
  3. English todaywalaʻau

Borrowed from Hawaiian walaʻau (“to talk”).

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