Where does “uli” come from?

uli (Hawaiian) comes from Proto-Polynesian *quli, from Proto-Oceanic *quliñ.

uli (Hawaiian): having any dark color (blue, green, black, etc.)

Definitions

  1. having any dark color (blue, green, black, etc.)

Ancestry of “uli”, step by step

uli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Polynesian *quli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*quli—
2Proto-Oceanic*quliñ—

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*quli—

Words derived from “uli”

Every word from Proto-Oceanic *quliñ →Every word from Proto-Polynesian *quli →