Where does “kulī” come from?

kulī (Tongan) comes from Proto-Polynesian kuli, from Proto-Oceanic *kuli.

kulī (Tongan): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “kulī”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesiankulidog
2Proto-Oceanic*kuli—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic *kuli →Every word from Proto-Polynesian kuli →