Hawaiian aʻa

← Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ (inherited)

← Proto-Oceanic *(w)akaʀ (inherited)

← Proto-Eastern Polynesian *aka (inherited)

← Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *aka (inherited)

← Proto-Polynesian *aka (inherited)

← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ (inherited)

← Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(w)akaʀ (inherited)

→ Rapa Nui aka (cognate)

→ Tokelauan aka (cognate)