Where does “maukas” come from?
maukas (English) comes from English mauka, 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.
maukas (English): plural of mauka
Ancestry of “maukas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | mauka | inland, towards the mountains; The flowering... |
| 2 | Hawaiian | mauka | landward, shoreward , towards the inland; towards... |
| 3 | Hawaiian | uka | inland; towards the mountain |
| 4 | Proto-Polynesian | quta | inland |
| 5 | Proto-Oceanic | qutan | bushland; hinterland |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | qutan | scrubland; bush |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | quCaN | scrubland; bush |