hinahina

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Hawaiian hinahina

Noun[edit]

hinahina (plural hinahina)

  1. Heliotropium anomalum, a heliotrope of the Pacific Islands.

Hawaiian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Reduplication (thus doublet) of hina from Proto-Polynesian *sina (compare with mahina “moon, moonlight” and Samoan māsina),[1] from Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (compare with Malay sinar, Tagalog sinag), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.[2][3]

Noun[edit]

hinahina

  1. Heliotropium anomalum, a heliotrope of the Pacific Islands.
  2. Artemisia australis.

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “hinahina”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, pages 70-1
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “sina-sina”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ “Sinasina”, in Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden, Benton Family Trust, 2022

Maori[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Reduplication (thus doublet) of hina from Proto-Polynesian *sina (compare with Samoan māsina and sina),[1] from Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ (compare with Fijian cina (“to illuminate”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (compare with Malay sinar (“ray, shine”), Tagalog sinag), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.[2][3]

Adjective[edit]

hinahina

  1. grey-haired

Noun[edit]

hinahina

  1. Melicytus ramiflorus.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[1], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 68-70
  2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “sina-sina”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  3. ^ “Sinasina”, in Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden, Benton Family Trust, 2022

Further reading[edit]

  • “hinahina” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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