Where does “kino lau” come from?

kino lau (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian lau, from Proto-Polynesian rau, from Proto-Oceanic raun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahun — leaf.

kino lau (Hawaiian): forms taken by a supernatural body

Definitions

  1. forms taken by a supernatural body

Ancestry of “kino lau”, step by step

kino lau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian lau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianlauleaf; many, numerous; four hundred
2Proto-Polynesianrauhundred
3Proto-OceanicraunUsed to count certain objects
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandahunleaf

via Hawaiian kino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiiankinobody; form; person, self
2Proto-Polynesian*tino—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahun →Every word from Proto-Oceanic raun →Every word from Proto-Polynesian rau →
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