Hawaiian

Noun

pāʻina

1. meal
2. dinner
3. small dinner party

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

Verb

pāʻina

1. (transitive) to eat a pa'ina

References

• Pukui, Mary Kawena; Samuel H. Elbert (1986), Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, ISBN 0-8248-0703-0, p. 303