Where does “kōmi ʻōkuhi” come from?

kōmi ʻōkuhi (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻōkuhi, from Hawaiian kuhi, from Proto-Polynesian *tusi.

kōmi ʻōkuhi (Hawaiian): script

Definitions

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Ancestry of “kōmi ʻōkuhi”, step by step

kōmi ʻōkuhi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian ʻōkuhi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻōkuhidirections
2Hawaiiankuhito point at
3Proto-Polynesian*tusi—

via Hawaiian kōmi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiiankōmi—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *tusi →Every word from Hawaiian kuhi →Every word from Hawaiian ʻōkuhi →