Where does “naʻaupō” come from?

naʻaupō (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian pō, from Proto-Polynesian *po, from Proto-Oceanic boŋi, from Proto-Austronesian bəʀŋi.

naʻaupō (Hawaiian): ignorant

Definitions

  1. ignorant

Ancestry of “naʻaupō”, step by step

naʻaupō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian pō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpōnight
2Proto-Polynesian*po—
3Proto-Oceanicboŋi—
4Proto-Austronesianbəʀŋi—

via Hawaiian naʻau

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiiannaʻauguts, intestines

Words derived from “naʻaupō”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəʀŋi →Every word from Proto-Oceanic boŋi →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *po →