Maori kai

← Proto-Austronesian *kaən (inherited)

← Proto-Oceanic *kani (inherited)

← Proto-Polynesian *kai (inherited)

← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən (inherited)

→ English kai (borrowed)

→ Maori kainga (suffix)

→ Maori kaikōrero (prefix)

→ Maori Kaikōura (compound)