Where does “pule” come from?

pule (Samoan) comes from Proto-Polynesian pule, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buliq — buttocks.

pule (Samoan): shell; cowrie

Definitions

  1. shell; cowrie

Ancestry of “pule”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianpulecowrie
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbuliqbuttocks
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian buliq →Every word from Proto-Polynesian pule →
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