Where does “humuhumu” come from?
humuhumu (English) comes from English humuhumunukunukuapuaa, from Hawaiian humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa, from Hawaiian nuku, from Proto-Polynesian ŋutu, from Proto-Austronesian ŋusuq.
humuhumu (English): The reef triggerfish
Ancestry of “humuhumu”, step by step