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hinahina

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English

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ
Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ
Proto-Polynesian *sina
Hawaiian hinaredup.
Hawaiian hinahinabor.
English hinahina

    Borrowed from Hawaiian hinahina.

    Noun

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    hinahina (plural hinahina)

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

    Hawaiian

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    Etymology

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      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]

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˌhi.naˈhi.na/, [ˌhi.nəˈhi.nə]

      Noun

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      hinahina

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

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      1. ^ Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “hinahina”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, pages 70–1
      2. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “sina-sina”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
      3. ^ “Sinasina”, in Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden, Benton Family Trust, 2022

      Māori

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      Etymology

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      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]

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈhinahina/ [ˈhinɐhinɐ]

      Adjective

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      hinahina

      1. grey-haired

      Noun

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      hinahina

      1. Melicytus ramiflorus.

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      References

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      1. ^ Tregear, Edward (1891), “hinahina”, in 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”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
      3. ^ “Sinasina”, in Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden, Benton Family Trust, 2022

      Further reading

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      • John C. Moorfield (2011), “hinahina”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index‎[2], 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN
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