Where does “luʻu” come from?

luʻu (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian *ruku.

luʻu (Hawaiian): to dive, plunge or dip onself, to immerse

Definitions

  1. to dive, plunge or dip onself, to immerse

Ancestry of “luʻu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*ruku

Words derived from “luʻu

Every word from Proto-Polynesian *ruku
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