Hawaiian edit

Etymology edit

From ʻuala ("sweet potato") + kahiki ("foreign").

Noun edit

ʻuala kahiki

  1. potato, Solanum tuberosum

References edit

  • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ʻuala kahiki”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 362