ʻono

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ono"

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *kono,^[1] likely related to ʻona and māʻona from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *kona₂ from Proto-Polynesian *maa-kona (compare with Maori mākona (“satisfied, content”))^[2] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

ʻono

(stative) delicious

References

^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻono”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 289
^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kona.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

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