So how would you say "The teacher is my uncle"?
That's exactly what i thought!!!!
ʻO koʻu ʻanakala ke kumu.
Was there ever a native word for uncle?
I think originally makua referred to all the family members of the generation above the child, so parents, aunts, uncles, first cousins once removed, etc.
Yeah, there arenʻt separate words for father/uncle/cousin of my father. Relationships were generational.
But then you could differentiate an uncle or from your father by modifying it:
Makua kāne ʻōpio - Uncle younger than my parent Makua kāne mākua - Uncle older than my parent