Where does “ulī” come from?

ulī (Samoan) comes from Proto-Polynesian kuli, from Proto-Oceanic *kuli.

ulī (Samoan): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “ulī”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesiankulidog
2Proto-Oceanic*kuli—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *kuli →Every word from Proto-Polynesian kuli →
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