Where does “nuku” come from?

nuku (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian ŋutu, from Proto-Austronesian ŋusuq.

nuku (Hawaiian): snout, beak, mouth

Definitions

  1. snout, beak, mouth

Ancestry of “nuku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianŋutu—
2Proto-Austronesianŋusuq—

Words derived from “nuku”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian ŋusuq →Every word from Proto-Polynesian ŋutu →