ʻaina

== Hawaiian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʔai̯.na/, [ˈʔɐj.nə], [ˈʔɛj.nə] (rapid speech) === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Polynesian *kaiŋa (“meal, feast”). By surface analysis, ʻai (“eat”) +‎ -na (noun-forming suffix). ==== Noun ==== ʻaina meal ===== Derived terms ===== ʻaha ʻaina ʻaina kakahiaka ʻaina awakea ʻaina ahiahi === Etymology 2 === From ʻai (“to eat”) +‎ -na (passive suffix). ==== Verb ==== ʻaina passive of ʻai (“eat”) === Further reading === Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “kai-ga.a”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559