Where does “puaʻa” come from?

puaʻa (Tahitian) comes from Proto-Polynesian puaka — pig, hog.

puaʻa (Tahitian): pig, hog, swine

Definitions

  1. pig, hog, swine

Ancestry of “puaʻa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianpuakapig, hog

Words derived from “puaʻa

Every word from Proto-Polynesian puaka