Where does “kuapuʻu” come from?

kuapuʻu (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian puʻu, from Proto-Polynesian *puku, from Proto-Oceanic *buku, from Proto-Austronesian *bukuh.

kuapuʻu (Hawaiian): hump, fleshy mass on camels etc

Definitions

  1. hump, fleshy mass on camels etc

Ancestry of “kuapuʻu”, step by step

kuapuʻu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian puʻu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpuʻuany geological protuberance like hill, mound
2Proto-Polynesian*puku—
3Proto-Oceanic*buku—
4Proto-Austronesian*bukuh—

via Hawaiian kua

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiiankuaback; burden; to chop
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *bukuh →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *buku →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *puku →