Where does “fakamanuia” come from?

fakamanuia (Tokelauan) comes from Proto-Polynesian faka-.

fakamanuia (Tokelauan): to bless

Definitions

  1. to bless

Ancestry of “fakamanuia”, step by step

fakamanuia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Polynesian faka-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesianfaka-

via Tokelauan manuia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tokelauanmanuiawell-being
Every word from Proto-Polynesian faka-
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