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Where does “puaʻa” come from?

puaʻa (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian puaka — pig, hog.

puaʻa (Hawaiian): pig, hog, swine; pork; a general name for any...

Definitions

  1. pig, hog, swine; pork; a general name for any...

Ancestry of “puaʻa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianpuakapig, hog

Words derived from “puaʻa”

  • humuhumunukunukuapuaa
  • humuhumu
  • Kamapuaʻa
  • humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa
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