pāʻina
Appearance
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Hawaiian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The -na element is a common nominalizing suffix, although there is no corresponding verb *pāʻi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pāʻina
- meal
- dinner (clarification of this definition is needed)
- small dinner party
Usage notes
[edit]- Formerly was used to mean a traditional Hawaiian feast until that meaning was replaced by luʻau in the mid-nineteenth century.
Verb
[edit]pāʻina
- (transitive) to eat a pāʻina