Where does “puʻupuʻu” come from?

puʻupuʻu (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian puʻu, from Proto-Polynesian *puku, from Proto-Oceanic *buku, from Proto-Austronesian *bukuh.

puʻupuʻu (Hawaiian): lumpy

Definitions

  1. lumpy

Ancestry of “puʻupuʻu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpuʻuany geological protuberance like hill, mound
2Proto-Polynesian*puku—
3Proto-Oceanic*buku—
4Proto-Austronesian*bukuh—

Words derived from “puʻupuʻu”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian *bukuh →Every word from Proto-Oceanic *buku →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *puku →