Etymology

ʻokina

Hawaiian ʻokina
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The story

  1. Hawaiianʻoki
  2. Hawaiianʻokina
  3. English todayʻokina

Unadapted borrowing from Hawaiian ʻokina (“cutting off, separation”).

Words from the same roots

Hawaiianʻokina all →

okina

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.