Where does “ʻāinapuniʻole” come from?

ʻāinapuniʻole (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian ʻāina, from Proto-Polynesian *kaaiŋa.

ʻāinapuniʻole (Hawaiian): continent

Definitions

  1. continent

Ancestry of “ʻāinapuniʻole”, step by step

ʻāinapuniʻole traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian ʻāina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻāinaland
2Proto-Polynesian*kaaiŋa—

via Hawaiian puni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianpunisurrounded

via Hawaiian ʻole

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻolenot, without, lacking; to deny; zero, nothing,...
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