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Hawaiian
Etymology
The -na element is a common nominalizing suffix, although there is no corresponding verb *pāʻi.
Pronunciation
Noun
pāʻina
- meal
- dinner (clarification of this definition is needed)
- small dinner party
Usage notes
- Formerly was used to mean a traditional Hawaiian feast until that meaning was replaced by luʻau in the mid-nineteenth century.
Verb
pāʻina
- (transitive) to eat a pāʻina
References
- Elbert, Samuel H., Pukui, Mary Kawena (1979) Hawaiian Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 82
- Pukui, Mary Kawena; Samuel H. Elbert (1986), Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, →ISBN, p. 303