←
Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ (inherited)
←
Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ (inherited)
←
Proto-Eastern Polynesian *wai (inherited)
←
Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *wai (inherited)
←
Proto-Polynesian *wai (inherited)
←
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ (inherited)
←
Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ (inherited)
→
Hawaiian waiū (compound)
→
Hawaiian Kawai (mention)
→
Hawaiian Nāwai (mention)
→
Tokelauan vai (cognate)