hahine
Alu
Noun
hahine
- sibling of the opposite sex
Further reading
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
Halia
Noun
hahine
- sibling of the opposite sex
Further reading
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
Hiri Motu
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *papine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi. Cognate to Hawaiian wahine and Maori wahine.
Noun
hahine
- woman
References
- Riall W. Nolan, Bushwalking in Papua New Guinea (1983), page 133
Nukuoro
Etymology
According to Carroll, this seems to incorporate the article ha + hine (“female”) (and one does also encounter other articles: de hine, se hine); ha occurs only before hine, and sometimes seems to be interpreted as part of it, when one hears de hahine, se hahine.
Noun
hahine
- woman
References
- Vern Carroll, An outline of the structure of the language of Nukuoro (1965)
- Vern Carroll, Nukuoro kinship (1966)
Pileni
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fafine.
Noun
hahine
- woman
References
- A Grammar of Vaeakau-Taumako
Rapa Nui
Preposition
hahine
- near
Synonyms
- tupuaki
Rennellese
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fafine.
Noun
hahine
- woman
References
- Samuel H. Elbert, Albert J. Schütz, Echo of a Culture: A Grammar of Rennell and Bellona (1988)
Sikaiana
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fafine.
Noun
hahine
- woman