Where does “fa'amā” come from?

fa'amā (Samoan) comes from Samoan fa'a, from Proto-Polynesian faka — like.

fa'amā (Samoan): to embarrass, to ashame

Definitions

  1. to embarrass, to ashame

Ancestry of “fa'amā”, step by step

fa'amā traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Samoan fa'a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Samoanfa'ain the manner of; in fashion
2Proto-Polynesianfakalike

via Samoan mā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SamoanmāFirst person dual exclusive
Every word from Proto-Polynesian faka →Every word from Samoan fa'a →