Where does “ʻōpū” come from?

ʻōpū (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian *kuupoo, from Proto-Oceanic *kobuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəmpuŋ — belly.

ʻōpū (Hawaiian): stomach, belly

Definitions

  1. stomach, belly

Ancestry of “ʻōpū”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*kuupoo—
2Proto-Oceanic*kobuŋbelly
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*kəmpuŋbelly

Words derived from “ʻōpū”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəmpuŋ →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *kobuŋ →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *kuupoo →
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