Where does “tūī” come from?
tūī (Maori) comes from Proto-Polynesian *tui, from Proto-Oceanic *tuʀi.
tūī (Maori): tui, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a New Zealand...
Definitions
- tui, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a New Zealand...
Ancestry of “tūī”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Polynesian | *tui | — |
| 2 | Proto-Oceanic | *tuʀi | — |