Etymology

aumakua

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Today it means: In Hawaiian mythology, a personal or family god that originated as a deified ancestor, and which takes on physical forms such as animals to watch over descendants. Full definition →

Hawaiian ʻaumakua ← Proto-Polynesian *matuqa ← Proto-Oceanic *matuqa
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The story

  1. Proto-Austronesian*kaSiw
  2. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*kahiw
  3. Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*kayu
  4. Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*kayu
  5. Proto-Oceanic*kayu
  6. Proto-Polynesian*kau
  7. Hawaiianʻau
  8. Proto-Austronesian*(ma-)tuqaS
  9. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*(ma-)tuqah
  10. Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*(ma-)tuqa
  11. Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*(ma-)tuqa
  12. Proto-Oceanic*matuqa
  13. Proto-Polynesian*matuqa
  14. Hawaiianmakua
  15. Hawaiianʻaumakua
  16. English todayaumakua

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻaumakua.

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