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noun
In Hawaiian mythology, a personal or family god that originated as a deified ancestor, and which takes on physical forms such as animals to watch over descendants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: Hawaiian mythology
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *kayu Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *kayu Proto-Oceanic *kayu Proto-Polynesian *kau Hawaiian ʻau Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)tuqaS Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)tuqah Proto-Oceanic *matuqa Proto-Polynesian *matuqader. Hawaiian makua Hawaiian ʻaumakuabor. English aumakua Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻaumakua.
