Etymology

awapuhi

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Today it means: Zingiber zerumbet, a plant in the ginger family. Full definition →

Hawaiian ʻawapuhi ← Proto-Polynesian *kava-pui
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The story

  1. Proto-Polynesian · derived from*kawa
  2. Proto-Polynesian · derived from*kava-pui
  3. Hawaiian · borrowed fromʻawapuhi
  4. English todayawapuhi

Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻawapuhi, from Proto-Polynesian *kava-pui from Proto-Polynesian *kawa; doublet of kava and kawakawa via Tongan and Māori respectively.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Polynesian*kawa all →

kava

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