Where does “uuhi” come from?

uuhi ('Are'are) comes from Proto-Oceanic *qupi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qubi — The purple yam, Dioscorea alata.

uuhi ('Are'are): yam

Definitions

  1. yam

Ancestry of “uuhi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanic*qupiyam
2Proto-Malayo-PolynesianqubiThe purple yam, Dioscorea alata
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qubi →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *qupi →
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