Where does “hiapo” come from?

hiapo (Niuean) comes from Proto-Polynesian tapa, from Proto-Polynesian *tafa.

hiapo (Niuean): tapa

Definitions

  1. tapa

Ancestry of “hiapo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesiantapaedge; boundary; tapa
2Proto-Polynesian*tafa—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *tafa →Every word from Proto-Polynesian tapa →
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