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Where does “hapu'u” come from?

hapu'u (English) comes from Hawaiian hāpuʻu, from Proto-Polynesian *faapuku.

hapu'u (English): Any of four species of tropical tree ferns of the...

Definitions

  1. Any of four species of tropical tree ferns of the...

Ancestry of “hapu'u”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianhāpuʻu—
2Proto-Polynesian*faapuku—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *faapuku →