maʻawe
Appearance
Hawaiian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *makawe (“hair, strand of hair” – compare with Maori makawe and Samoan maʻave).[1][2] Likely related to ʻawe “tentacle”. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Sense of trace or path can be compared to parallel semantic evolution of English line which also means “cord, string”.
Noun
[edit]maʻawe