Where does “wharekai” come from?

wharekai (English) comes from Maori wharekai, from Maori whare, from Proto-Polynesian fale, from Proto-Oceanic pale, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian balay, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian balay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian balay, from Proto-Austronesian balay — house; hall.

wharekai (English): The dining hall in a marae

Definitions

  1. The dining hall in a marae

Ancestry of “wharekai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maoriwharekai—
2Maoriwharehouse; building
3Proto-Polynesianfalehouse
4Proto-Oceanicpalehouse adobe
5Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbalay—
6Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesianbalay—
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbalayhouse; hall
8Proto-Austronesianbalayhouse; hall
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