Where does “heʻe” come from?

heʻe (Tongan) comes from Proto-Polynesian *seke.

heʻe (Tongan): grasshopper

Definitions

  1. grasshopper

Ancestry of “heʻe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*seke
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *seke
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