Where does “kamaliʻi” come from?

kamaliʻi (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian Kama, from Proto-Polynesian *tama.

kamaliʻi (Hawaiian): children, progeny

Definitions

  1. children, progeny

Ancestry of “kamaliʻi”, step by step

kamaliʻi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian Kama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HawaiianKamachild regardless of sex
2Proto-Polynesian*tama—

via Hawaiian liʻi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianliʻismall, tiny

Words derived from “kamaliʻi”

Every word from Proto-Polynesian *tama →Every word from Hawaiian Kama →
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