Where does “hopena” come from?

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

hopena (Hawaiian): ending, conclusion

Definitions

  1. ending, conclusion

Ancestry of “hopena”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hopena

Every word from Proto-Polynesian -ŋaEvery word from Hawaiian -na