Where does “ʻokina” come from?
ʻokina (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian -na, from Proto-Polynesian -ŋa.
ʻokina (Hawaiian): cutting off, separation; okina
Definitions
- cutting off, separation; okina
Ancestry of “ʻokina”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hawaiian | -na | Common nominalizing suffix, sometimes with... |
| 2 | Proto-Polynesian | -ŋa | — |
Words derived from “ʻokina”