hahine

See also: hāhine

Alu

Noun

hahine

1. 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

1. 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

1. woman, specifically a married 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

1. 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

1. woman

References

• A Grammar of Vaeakau-Taumako

Rennellese

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fafine.

Noun

hahine

1. 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

1. woman