Hawaiian kā

← Proto-Austronesian *taRaq (inherited)

← Proto-Austronesian *taqan (inherited)

← Proto-Polynesian *taa (inherited)

← Proto-Polynesian *taʻa (inherited)

← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taRaq (inherited)

← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan (inherited)

→ Hawaiian kā ipu (compound)

→ Rapa Nui tā (cognate)

→ Tokelauan tā (cognate)