Where does “vakalele” come from?
vakalele (Wallisian) comes from Wallisian vaka, from Proto-Polynesian waka — canoe.
vakalele (Wallisian): airplane
Ancestry of “vakalele”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Wallisian | vaka | canoe |
| 2 | Proto-Polynesian | waka | canoe |