Where does “paina” come from?

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

paina (Hawaiian): rising, swelling, breaking

Definitions

  1. rising, swelling, breaking

Ancestry of “paina”, step by step

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