auwai

Questions

What does auwai mean?

An irrigation ditch.

Where does auwai come from?

Etymology tree Hawaiian ʻau Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ Proto-Polynesian *wai Proto-Polynesian *wai Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *wai Proto-Eastern Polynesian *wai Hawaiian wai Hawaiian ʻauwaibor. English auwai Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻauwai.

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