Where does “mahu pwul” come from?

mahu pwul (Pohnpeian) comes from Malay mahu, from Proto-Polynesian *mafu — stale of food.

mahu pwul (Pohnpeian): An unidentified kind of parrotfish, possibly the same as a

Definitions

  1. An unidentified kind of parrotfish, possibly the same as a

Ancestry of “mahu pwul”, step by step

mahu pwul traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay mahu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaymahuto want, to desire; will
2Proto-Polynesian*mafustale of food

via Pohnpeian pwul

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Pohnpeianpwul—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *mafu →