Where does “papa huaʻōlelo” come from?

papa huaʻōlelo (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian huaʻōlelo, from Hawaiian hua, from Proto-Polynesian *fua, from Proto-Oceanic puaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *buaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buaq, from Proto-Austronesian buaq — fruit.

papa huaʻōlelo (Hawaiian): glossary

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Ancestry of “papa huaʻōlelo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianhuaʻōleloword
2Hawaiianhuafruit; egg
3Proto-Polynesian*fua
4Proto-Oceanicpuaq
5Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*buaq
6Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*buaq
7Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuaqfruit
8Proto-Austronesianbuaqfruit
Every word from Proto-Austronesian buaq
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