Where does “hua palapala” come from?
hua palapala (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian hua, from Proto-Polynesian *fua, from Proto-Oceanic puaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buaq, from Proto-Austronesian buaq — fruit.
hua palapala (Hawaiian): letter
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Ancestry of “hua palapala”, step by step
hua palapala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hawaiian hua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | hua | fruit; egg |
| 2 | Proto-Polynesian | *fua | — |
| 3 | Proto-Oceanic | puaq | — |
| 4 | Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *buaq | — |
| 5 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | *buaq | — |
| 6 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | buaq | fruit |
| 7 | Proto-Austronesian | buaq | fruit |
via Hawaiian palapala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | palapala | document; writing of any kind |
| 2 | English | barbara | A syllogism in which all three propositions are... |
| 3 | Latin | barbara | a wild, savage, cruel, barbarous, shameless, or... |
| 4 | Latin | barbarus | foreign; savage; uncivilized |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |