Etymology

kamaʻaina

Today it means: Someone who is of Hawaiian origin, but not necessarily of Hawaiian ancestry; a local. Full definition →

Hawaiian kamaʻāina
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The story

  1. Hawaiian · borrowed fromkamaʻāina
  2. Hawaiian · borrowed fromkamaʻāina
  3. English todaykamaʻaina

Borrowed from Hawaiian kamaʻāina.

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