Where does “iliahi” come from?

iliahi (English) comes from Hawaiian ʻiliahi, from Hawaiian ahi, from Proto-Polynesian afi, from Proto-Oceanic api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.

iliahi (English): Any of those species of Santalum that are endemic to Hawaii

Definitions

  1. Any of those species of Santalum that are endemic to Hawaii

Ancestry of “iliahi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻiliahisandalwood (Santalum)
2Hawaiianahifire
3Proto-Polynesianafifire
4Proto-Oceanicapifire
5Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianapifire
6Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*apuyfire oxidation reaction
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
8Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire
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