Where does “ʻauinalā” come from?

ʻauinalā (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian lā, from Proto-Polynesian *la, from Proto-Oceanic layaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ — sail.

ʻauinalā (Hawaiian): afternoon time of day when the sun is setting

Definitions

  1. afternoon time of day when the sun is setting

Ancestry of “ʻauinalā”, step by step

ʻauinalā traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian lā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianlāsail; dorsal fin; sun, sun’s heat; sunny, solar
2Proto-Polynesian*lasail a piece of fabric attached to a boat
3Proto-Oceaniclayaʀsail
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesianlayaʀsail
5Proto-Austronesianlayaʀsail

via Hawaiian ʻauina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻauinaslope, decline, descent
2Hawaiian-naCommon nominalizing suffix, sometimes with...
3Proto-Polynesian-ŋa—

Words derived from “ʻauinalā”

Every word from Proto-Austronesian layaʀ →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian layaʀ →Every word from Proto-Oceanic layaʀ →