Where does “āe” come from?

āe (Maori) comes from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian ae — yes; affirmative; agreed.

āe (Maori): yes

Definitions

  1. yes

Ancestry of “āe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Nuclear Polynesianaeyes; affirmative; agreed

Words derived from “āe”

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