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Where does “*jiʀi” come from?
*jiʀi (Proto-Oceanic) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siʀi.
Ancestry of “*jiʀi”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
*siʀi
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Words derived from “*jiʀi”
ki
*tii
kī
kiki
wilikī
Waikīkī
paukikī
Waikiki
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siʀi →