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tavine

Bulu (New Guinea)

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *tapine, from earlier *qatapine, from *qata (“person”) + *pine (“female”).

Noun

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tavine

  1. woman

Further reading

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

Meramera

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *tapine, from earlier *qatapine, from *qata (“person”) + *pine (“female”).

Noun

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tavine

  1. woman

Further reading

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

Mota

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *tapine, from earlier *qatapine, from *qata (“person”) + *pine (“female”).

Noun

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tavine

  1. woman

Further reading

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  • François, Alexandre, Shadows of bygone lives: The histories of spiritual words in northern Vanuatu (2013)

Muduapa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *tapine, from earlier *qatapine, from *qata (“person”) + *pine (“female”).

Noun

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tavine

  1. woman

Further reading

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  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
  • René van den Berg, Peter Bachet, Vitu grammar sketch (2006)

Uneapa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *tapine, from earlier *qatapine, from *qata (“person”) + *pine (“female”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tavine

  1. woman

Further reading

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