Where does “ʻōpū” come from?
ʻōpū (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian *kuupoo, from Proto-Oceanic *kobuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kəmpuŋ.
ʻōpū (Hawaiian): stomach, belly
Ancestry of “ʻōpū”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Polynesian | *kuupoo | — |
| 2 | Proto-Oceanic | *kobuŋ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *kəmpuŋ | — |
Words derived from “ʻōpū”