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wahine
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See also: wāhine
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori and Hawaiian wahine (“woman”), from Proto-Polynesian *fafine.
Pronunciation
Noun
wahine (plural wahines)
- A Polynesian or Maori woman.
- 2005, Thomas Lisanti, Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959–1969, McFarland & Company, page 224:
- One Way Wahine was the next beach movie, after Ride the Wild Surf, to be filmed on the sands of Hawaii. It was marketed to the teenage audience as a beach movie but it is a more serious look at the seamy side of Hawaii and the surf bums and one way wahines who go there to make a quick buck.
- (surfing) A female surfer.
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Bunama
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *fafine. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Noun
wahine
Further reading
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
Duau
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *fafine. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
wahine
Further reading
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fafine, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi (“woman”).
Pronunciation
Noun
wahine (irregular plural wāhine)
Verb
wahine
Derived terms
- hoʻowahine (causative/simulative)
Related terms
- kamahine (“girl”)
- luahine (“old woman”)
Descendants
Further reading
- wahine in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
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Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fafine.
Noun
wahine (irregular plural wāhine)
Descendants
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