Where does “mākaʻukaʻu” come from?

mākaʻukaʻu (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian makaʻu, from Proto-Polynesian *mataku, from Proto-Oceanic *matakut, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *matakut, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *matakut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *matakut, from Proto-Austronesian *matakut — afraid, scared.

mākaʻukaʻu (Hawaiian): frightened, afraid

Definitions

  1. frightened, afraid

Ancestry of “mākaʻukaʻu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianmakaʻufear
2Proto-Polynesian*mataku—
3Proto-Oceanic*matakutto be afraid, to be scared
4Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*matakut—
5Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*matakut—
6Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*matakutafraid, scared
7Proto-Austronesian*matakutafraid, scared

Words derived from “mākaʻukaʻu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *matakut →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *matakut →Every word from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *matakut →
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