Where does “mea kino” come from?

mea kino (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian mea, from Proto-Polynesian mea, from Proto-Oceanic meʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)iʀaq — red.

mea kino (Hawaiian): tangible thing, physical substance

Definitions

  1. tangible thing, physical substance

Ancestry of “mea kino”, step by step

mea kino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian mea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianmeathing, object; person; Reddish, as water full of...
2Proto-Polynesianmea—
3Proto-Oceanicmeʀaqred having red as its colour
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)iʀaqred

via Hawaiian kino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiiankinobody; form; person, self
2Proto-Polynesian*tino—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)iʀaq →Every word from Proto-Oceanic meʀaq →Every word from Proto-Polynesian mea →
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