Where does “lua” come from?
lua (Samoan) comes from Proto-Polynesian *lua, from Proto-Oceanic luaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian luaq.
lua (Samoan): two
Ancestry of “lua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Polynesian | *lua | — |
| 2 | Proto-Oceanic | luaq | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | luaq | — |