Where does “ʻaui” come from?

ʻaui (Tahitian) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ka-)wiʀi, from Proto-Austronesian (ka-)wiʀi, from Proto-Austronesian wiʀi — left.

ʻaui (Tahitian): left the west side of the body when one is facing north

Definitions

  1. left the west side of the body when one is facing north

Ancestry of “ʻaui”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ka-)wiʀileft
2Proto-Austronesian(ka-)wiʀileft
3Proto-Austronesianwiʀileft
Every word from Proto-Austronesian wiʀi →Every word from Proto-Austronesian (ka-)wiʀi →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ka-)wiʀi →
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