Wiktionary

hahine

See also: hāhine

Alu

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Noun

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hahine

  1. sibling of the opposite sex

Further reading

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  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Halia

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Noun

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hahine

  1. sibling of the opposite sex

Further reading

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  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Hiri Motu

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *papine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi. Cognate to Hawaiian wahine and Maori wahine.

Noun

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hahine

  1. woman, specifically a married woman

References

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  • Riall W. Nolan, Bushwalking in Papua New Guinea (1983), page 133

Nukuoro

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Etymology

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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

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hahine

  1. woman

References

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  • Vern Carroll, An outline of the structure of the language of Nukuoro (1965)
  • Vern Carroll, Nukuoro kinship (1966)

Pileni

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *fafine.

Noun

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hahine

  1. woman

References

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  • A Grammar of Vaeakau-Taumako

Rennellese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *fafine.

Noun

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hahine

  1. woman

References

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  • Samuel H. Elbert, Albert J. Schütz, Echo of a Culture: A Grammar of Rennell and Bellona (1988)

Sikaiana

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *fafine.

Noun

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hahine

  1. woman
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