Where does “akamai” come from?
akamai (English) comes from Hawaiian akamai, from Proto-Polynesian *qata-mai.
akamai (English): smart, clever
Ancestry of “akamai”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hawaiian | akamai | intelligence, wit; intelligent, smart, clever |
| 2 | Proto-Polynesian | *qata-mai | — |