Where does “Kuilei” come from?
Kuilei (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian kui, from Proto-Polynesian *tui, from Proto-Oceanic *tuʀi.
Ancestry of “Kuilei”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | kui | to string; needle, pin; to string or thread... |
| 2 | Proto-Polynesian | *tui | — |
| 3 | Proto-Oceanic | *tuʀi | — |