hinahina

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What does hinahina mean?

Heliotropium anomalum, a heliotrope of the Pacific Islands.

Where does hinahina come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *siNaR Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ Proto-Polynesian *sinaredup. Proto-Polynesian *sinasina Hawaiian hinahinabor. English hinahina Borrowed from Hawaiian hinahina.

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