Etymology

hinahina

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Today it means: Heliotropium anomalum, a heliotrope of the Pacific Islands. Full definition →

Hawaiian hinahina ← Proto-Polynesian *sinasina ← Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ
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The story

  1. Proto-Austronesian*siNaR
  2. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sinaʀ
  3. Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*sinaʀ
  4. Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*sinaʀ
  5. Proto-Oceanic*sinaʀ
  6. Proto-Polynesian*sinaredup.
  7. Proto-Polynesian*sinasina
  8. Hawaiianhinahina
  9. English todayhinahina

Borrowed from Hawaiian hinahina.

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