From Proto-Polynesian *rauka (compare with Maori roaka (“abundant”) plus Tahitian roaʻa and noaʻa) from Proto-Polynesian *lawa-ka thus doublet of lawa (“enough, sufficient”) with overlap of doublet of loa (“very, excessive”).[1][2]
loaʻa
- to acquire, to procure
- to find, to discover
- to get, to receive
- to win, to succeed
- ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “loaʻa”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 209
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “roaka”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online