Where does “kōina” come from?

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

kōina (Hawaiian): (an instance of) urging

Definitions

  1. (an instance of) urging

Ancestry of “kōina”, step by step

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