Where does “haʻawina” come from?

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

haʻawina (Hawaiian): lesson, assignment

Definitions

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Ancestry of “haʻawina”, step by step

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