Where does “kalaina” come from?

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

kalaina (Hawaiian): carving

Definitions

  1. carving

Ancestry of “kalaina”, step by step

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