Where does “poi puʻupuʻu” come from?
poi puʻupuʻu (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian puʻupuʻu, from Hawaiian puʻu, from Proto-Polynesian *puku, from Proto-Oceanic *buku, from Proto-Austronesian *bukuh.
poi puʻupuʻu (Hawaiian): lumpy poi
Definitions
- lumpy poi
Ancestry of “poi puʻupuʻu”, step by step
poi puʻupuʻu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hawaiian puʻupuʻu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | puʻupuʻu | lumpy |
| 2 | Hawaiian | puʻu | any geological protuberance like hill, mound |
| 3 | Proto-Polynesian | *puku | — |
| 4 | Proto-Oceanic | *buku | — |
| 5 | Proto-Austronesian | *bukuh | — |
via Hawaiian poi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaiian | poi | Traditional staple food of Hawaiʻi. A... |