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

  1. inland, towards the mountains; The flowering...

Ancestry of “mauka”, step by step

mauka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian mauka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianmaukainland; upland; towards the mountains
2Hawaiianukainland; towards the mountain
3Proto-Polynesianqutainland
4Proto-Oceanicqutanbushland; hinterland
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqutanscrubland; bush
6Proto-AustronesianquCaNscrubland; bush

via Aymara mauka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Aymaramaukamauka

Words derived from “mauka”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian quCaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan →Every word from Proto-Oceanic qutan →