Where does “mauka” come from?
mauka (English) comes from Hawaiian mauka, from Hawaiian uka, from Proto-Polynesian quta, from Proto-Oceanic qutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan, from Proto-Austronesian quCaN — scrubland; bush.
mauka (English): inland, towards the mountains; The flowering...
Definitions
- inland, towards the mountains; The flowering...
Ancestry of “mauka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | mauka | landward, shoreward , towards the inland; towards... |
| 2 | Hawaiian | uka | inland; towards the mountain |
| 3 | Proto-Polynesian | quta | inland |
| 4 | Proto-Oceanic | qutan | bushland; hinterland |
| 5 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | qutan | scrubland; bush |
| 6 | Proto-Austronesian | quCaN | scrubland; bush |
Words derived from “mauka”