lāʻau
Hawaiian
noun
Definitions
- tree, wood
- medicine
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *raqakau inherited from Proto-Oceanic *raqan kayu inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqan kahiw.
Origin
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
*daqan kahiw
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dahan Malay
- dahan kayu Malay
- kayu Malay
- *daqan kahiw Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- kumu Hawaiian
- kumulāʻau Hawaiian
- ulu Hawaiian
- ulu lāʻau Hawaiian
- ʻili Hawaiian
- ʻili lāʻau Hawaiian
- rākau Maori
- *raqakau Proto-Polynesian
- *raʻakau Proto-Polynesian
- *raqan kayu Proto-Oceanic