Where does “hpuyan” come from?

hpuyan (Taroko) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian Sapuy — fire.

hpuyan (Taroko): kitchen

Definitions

  1. kitchen

Ancestry of “hpuyan”, step by step

hpuyan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian hapuy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianhapuyfire
2Proto-AustronesianSapuyfire

via Taroko an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tarokoan—
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