Where does “tupari maunga” come from?

tupari maunga (Maori) comes from Maori maunga, from Proto-Polynesian maquŋa.

Ancestry of “tupari maunga”, step by step

tupari maunga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Maori maunga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maorimaunga
2Proto-Polynesianmaquŋa

via Maori tupari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maoritupari
Every word from Proto-Polynesian maquŋaEvery word from Maori maunga