Where does “ilina” come from?

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

ilina (Hawaiian): grave, tomb

Definitions

  1. grave, tomb

Ancestry of “ilina”, step by step

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