pāʻina

Etymology
The element is a common nominalizing suffix, although there is no corresponding verb *pāʻi.

Noun

 * 1) meal
 * 2) dinner
 * 3) small dinner party

Usage notes

 * Formerly was used to mean a traditional Hawaiian feast until that meaning was replaced by in the mid-nineteenth century.

Verb

 * 1)  to eat a