Where does “nanuka” come from?

nanuka (Hawaiian) comes from Kapampangan ka, from Kapampangan ika, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian i-kahu, from Proto-Austronesian i-kaSu.

nanuka (Hawaiian): polar bear

Definitions

  1. polar bear

Ancestry of “nanuka”, step by step

nanuka traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Kapampangan ka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampangankayou (second person singular)
2Kapampanganikayou exclusive singular
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiani-kahu—
4Proto-Austronesiani-kaSu—

via Kapampangan nanu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kapampangannanuwhat
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesiananuwhat?
3Proto-Austronesian(na-)nuwhat

via Inuvialuktun ᓇᓄᖅ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Inuvialuktunᓇᓄᖅpolar bear
Every word from Proto-Austronesian i-kaSu →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian i-kahu →Every word from Kapampangan ika →