Where does “ulepuaʻa” come from?

ulepuaʻa (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ule, from Proto-Polynesian ule.

ulepuaʻa (Hawaiian): corkscrew

Definitions

  1. corkscrew

Ancestry of “ulepuaʻa”, step by step

ulepuaʻa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian ule

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianulepenis
2Proto-Polynesianule—

via Hawaiian puaʻa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpuaʻapig, hog, swine; pork; a general name for any...
2Proto-Polynesianpuakapig, hog
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