Etymology

haupia

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Today it means: A traditional Hawaiian dessert based on coconut milk and starch, somewhat resembling blancmange. Full definition →

Hawaiian haupia ← Proto-Polynesian *pia ← Proto-Oceanic *ʀabia
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The story

  1. Proto-Polynesian*sau
  2. Hawaiianhau
  3. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*ʀambia
  4. Proto-Oceanic*ʀabia
  5. Proto-Polynesian*pia
  6. Hawaiianpia
  7. Hawaiianhaupia
  8. English todayhaupia

Borrowed from Hawaiian haupia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.