Where does “ʻakina” come from?

ʻakina (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian -na, from Proto-Polynesian -ŋa.

ʻakina (Hawaiian): biting; bite

Definitions

  1. biting; bite

Ancestry of “ʻakina”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiian-naCommon nominalizing suffix, sometimes with...
2Proto-Polynesian-ŋa—
Every word from Proto-Polynesian -ŋa →Every word from Hawaiian -na →