Where does “kūkaepele” come from?

kūkaepele (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian kūkae, from Proto-Eastern Polynesian tuutaʻe.

kūkaepele (Hawaiian): sulfur; match

Definitions

  1. sulfur; match

Ancestry of “kūkaepele”, step by step

kūkaepele traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian kūkae

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiiankūkaeexcrement, dung, feces
2Proto-Eastern Polynesiantuutaʻe—

via Hawaiian pele

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpelevolcano
Every word from Proto-Eastern Polynesian tuutaʻe →Every word from Hawaiian kūkae →