Where does “ʻōkuhi” come from?

ʻōkuhi (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian kuhi, from Proto-Polynesian *tusi.

ʻōkuhi (Hawaiian): directions

Definitions

  1. directions

Ancestry of “ʻōkuhi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiiankuhito point at
2Proto-Polynesian*tusi—

Words derived from “ʻōkuhi”

Every word from Proto-Polynesian *tusi →Every word from Hawaiian kuhi →