Where does “hanuāpuaʻa” come from?

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

hanuāpuaʻa (Hawaiian): to breathe heavily, gasp

Definitions

  1. to breathe heavily, gasp

Ancestry of “hanuāpuaʻa”, step by step

hanuāpuaʻa 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 hanu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianhanubreath; respiration; to breathe
Every word from Proto-Polynesian puaka →Every word from Hawaiian puaʻa →