Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/papine

This Proto-Oceanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Oceanic

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi, itself from *bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi.

Noun

*papine

1. woman
2. wife
3. female (of animals)

Descendants

• Admiralty Islands: *pepine (“woman”)
  • Loniu: pihin
  • Lou: pein
  • Nali: pihin
  • Nauna: pehin
  • Penchal: pehin
  • Seimat: hehin
  • Sori-Harengan: bibiŋ
  • Titan: pein
  • Tulu-Bohuai: pihin
  • Wuvulu-Aua: pifine
• Central-Eastern Oceanic:
  • Proto-Micronesian: *faifine
    • Nauruan: ân, en
    • Nuclear Micronesian:
      • Gilbertese: aine (“female”)
      • Chuukic–Pohnpeic:
        • Proto-Chuukic: *faifine
          • Chuukese: feefin (“woman, womanhood, female”)
          • Ulithian–Woleaian:
            • Woleaian: faifil
        • Pohnpeic:
          • Pohnpeian: pein (“woman”), peinakapw (“young woman”)
  • North-Central Vanuatu:
    • Big Nambas: vənmaran (“old woman”)
    • Hiw: yeqën
    • Mav̋ea: v̋av̋ine (/ð̼að̼ine/, “woman”)
    • Mota: vavine
    • Mwotlap: lōqōvēn
    • Neverver: vin
    • Paamese: ahin
    • Raga: vavine
  • Rotuman: hạni
  • Proto-Polynesian: *fafine (see there for further descendants)
  • Sie: vevne (“sister of a man”)
  • Southeast Solomonic:
    • Bauro: hehene
    • Bughotu: vaivine
    • Fagani: hehene
    • Gela: vaivine
    • Kahua: hehene
    • Talise: vaivine
• Niwer Mil: fifin
• Ura (Vanuatu): yarvin
• Western Oceanic:
  • Are: babine
  • Anuki: wavine
  • Arifama-Miniafia: babin (“woman”), babine (“old woman”)
  • Bilbil: pain
  • Biliau: paen
  • Bilur: vaina
  • Boselewa: vavine
  • Buhutu: waihin
  • Bulu (New Guinea): tavine
  • Bunama: wahine
  • Bwaidoka: vavine
  • Bwanabwana: waine
  • Dawawa: wavine
  • Diodio: vavine
  • Dobu: waine
  • Doga: babine
  • Duau: wahine
  • Gabadi: vavine
  • Gapapaiwa: wavine
  • Gedaged: pain
  • Ghayavi: wavine
  • Gweda: wavine
  • Iamalele: vavine
  • Kakabai: wavine
  • Kaninuwa: vivine
  • Keapara: vavine
  • Kilivila: vivila
  • Koluwawa: vavine
  • Konomala: fafni
  • Magori: vaini
  • Manam: áine
  • Mandara: vevine
  • Matukar: pain
  • Mbula: waine
  • Meramera: tavine
  • Minaveha: vavine
  • Mindiri: pen
  • Vinitiri: vavina
  • Molima: vavine
  • Motu: hahine
    • Hiri Motu: hahine
  • Muduapa: tavine
  • Nimoa: vaini
  • Patpatar: hahin
  • Ronji: pain
  • Roro: babine
  • Sepa (New Guinea): waine
  • Sinaugoro: vavine
  • Sio: taine
  • Suau: waihin
  • Takia: pein
  • Taupota: wavine
  • Tawala: wawine
  • Tolai: wawina
  • Torau: baine
  • Tungag: aina
  • Uneapa: tavine
  • Wab: pain
  • Wedau: wavine
  • Wogeo: veine
• Yapese: pin

References

• M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (2016), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎^[1], volumes 5: People: Body and Mind, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 54–7
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*bahi”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*bahi”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
• Lynch, John (1998), Pacific Languages: An Introduction, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN
• Guérin, Valérie (2011), A Grammr of Mavea — An Oceanic Language of Vanuatu, University of Hawaii Press