Where does “ahupuaʻa” come from?

ahupuaʻa (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian puaʻa, from Proto-Polynesian puaka — pig, hog.

ahupuaʻa (Hawaiian): a wedge-shaped land subdivision of ancient Hawaii which extended from the mountains to the sea

Definitions

  1. a wedge-shaped land subdivision of ancient Hawaii which extended from the mountains to the sea

Ancestry of “ahupuaʻa”, step by step

ahupuaʻa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian puaʻa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpuaʻapig, hog, swine; pork; a general name for any...
2Proto-Polynesianpuakapig, hog

via Hawaiian ahu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianahuheap, pile, mound
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