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Where does “humuhumunukunukuapuaa” come from?

humuhumunukunukuapuaa (English) comes from Hawaiian humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa, from Hawaiian nuku, from Proto-Polynesian ŋutu, from Proto-Austronesian ŋusuq.

humuhumunukunukuapuaa (English): Either of two species, "Rhinecanthus aculeatus"...

Definitions

  1. Either of two species, "Rhinecanthus aculeatus"...

Ancestry of “humuhumunukunukuapuaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianhumuhumunukunukuāpuaʻareef triggerfish, humuhumunukunukuapuaa
2Hawaiiannukusnout, beak, mouth
3Proto-Polynesianŋutu—
4Proto-Austronesianŋusuq—
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