Etymology

auwai

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Today it means: An irrigation ditch. Full definition →

Hawaiian ʻauwai ← Proto-Eastern Polynesian *wai ← Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *wai
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The story

  1. Hawaiianʻau
  2. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*wahiʀ
  3. Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ
  4. Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*waiʀ
  5. Proto-Oceanic*waiʀ
  6. Proto-Polynesian*wai
  7. Proto-Nuclear Polynesian*wai
  8. Proto-Eastern Polynesian*wai
  9. Hawaiianwai
  10. Hawaiianʻauwai
  11. English todayauwai

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻauwai.

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