Where does “tukufakatahi” come from?

tukufakatahi (Tokelauan) comes from Tokelauan tuku, from Proto-Polynesian *tuku.

tukufakatahi (Tokelauan): to put together

Definitions

  1. to put together

Ancestry of “tukufakatahi”, step by step

tukufakatahi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tokelauan tuku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1TokelauantukuA rope on a traditional canoe
2Proto-Polynesian*tuku—

via Tokelauan fakatahi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tokelauanfakatahiall at once; together

Words derived from “tukufakatahi”

Every word from Proto-Polynesian *tuku →Every word from Tokelauan tuku →