Where does “ʻokina” come from?

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

ʻokina (Hawaiian): cutting off, separation; okina

Definitions

  1. cutting off, separation; okina

Ancestry of “ʻokina”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ʻokina”

Every word from Proto-Polynesian -ŋa →Every word from Hawaiian -na →