Etymograph

English

dala

Dala comes from Hawaiian kālā ‘dollar’, and goes back to English dollar.

  1. English1500–presentdollar1
  2. Hawaiianmodernkālā1‘dollar’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2018dala1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English dala
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2018, Todd A. Watkins: “My mother kept a dollar bill in Hawaiian currency—a…”.

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentdollarWiktionary, English dala
  2. HawaiianmodernkālāWiktionary, English dala‘dollar’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2018dalaWiktionary, English dala. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2018, Todd A. Watkins: “My mother kept a dollar bill in Hawaiian currency—a…”

Linked words

through English dollar

tala, 16 more

Today it means

noun The currency of Hawaii between 1847 and 1898, equal to the United States dollar.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “dala”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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