Where does “mauka” come from?

mauka (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian uka, from Proto-Polynesian quta, from Proto-Oceanic qutan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan, from Proto-Austronesian quCaN — scrubland; bush.

mauka (Hawaiian): inland; upland; towards the mountains

Definitions

  1. inland; upland; towards the mountains

Ancestry of “mauka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianukainland; towards the mountain
2Proto-Polynesianqutainland
3Proto-Oceanicqutanbushland; hinterland
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianqutanscrubland; bush
5Proto-AustronesianquCaNscrubland; bush

Words derived from “mauka”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian quCaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian qutan →Every word from Proto-Oceanic qutan →