Hana-

Hawaiian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *faŋa (“bay; valley leading to the sea”), unless borrowed from another Nuclear Polynesian language.[1] Compare Rapa Nui haŋa, Maori whanga.

Prefix

Hana-

  1. occurs only as the initial element in placenames[2]

Derived terms

Hawaiian terms prefixed with Hana-
Hanalei

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “FAGA.2”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ^ Elbert, Samuel H.; Pukui, Mary Kawena (1979), Hawaiian Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 106

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