Where does “kamaʻāina” come from?

kamaʻāina (Hawaiian) comes from Hawaiian Kama, from Proto-Polynesian *tama.

kamaʻāina (Hawaiian): A person born and bred in Hawaii

Definitions

  1. A person born and bred in Hawaii

Ancestry of “kamaʻāina”, step by step

kamaʻāina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hawaiian Kama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HawaiianKamachild regardless of sex
2Proto-Polynesian*tama—

via Hawaiian ʻāina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hawaiianʻāinaland
2Proto-Polynesian*kaaiŋa—

Words derived from “kamaʻāina”

Every word from Proto-Polynesian *tama →Every word from Hawaiian Kama →