ʻōhiʻa

See also: ohia, and ọhịa

Hawaiian

Nā lau ā me nā hua ʻōhiʻa.

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *kafika (cognate with Maori kahika and Tongan fekika), from Proto-Oceanic *kapika (cognate with Fijian kavika).

Noun

ʻōhiʻa

1. mountain apple or Malay apple; Syzygium malaccense

   Synonym: ʻōhiʻa ʻai

2. Metrosideros polymorpha

   Synonym: ʻōhiʻa lehua

3. Metrosideros macropus

   Synonyms: ʻōhiʻa lehua, lehua, lehua mamo

Derived terms

• ʻōhiʻa haole (“tomato”)
• ʻōhiʻa lehua
• ʻōhiʻa loke (“rose apple (Syzygium jambos)”)
• ʻōhiʻa lomi (“tomato”)
• ʻōhiʻa ʻai

 

Descendants

• → English: ohia

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻōhiʻa”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, pages 277-8