Where does “mokuʻāina” come from?

mokuʻāina (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian moku, from Proto-Polynesian motu — island.

mokuʻāina (Hawaiian): state, district, province; island

Definitions

  1. state, district, province; island

Ancestry of “mokuʻāina”, step by step

mokuʻāina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian moku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianmokuan island, district, forest, section
2Proto-Polynesianmotuisland

via Hawaiian ʻāina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻāinaland
2Proto-Polynesian*kaaiŋa—

Words derived from “mokuʻāina”

Every word from Proto-Polynesian motu →Every word from Hawaiian moku →