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

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
  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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