Where does “mutunga” come from?

mutunga (Maori) comes from Maori mutu, from Proto-Polynesian *mutu.

Ancestry of “mutunga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maorimututo cease
2Proto-Polynesian*mutu—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *mutu →Every word from Maori mutu →