tavine

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Bulu (New Guinea)[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

tavine

  1. woman

Further reading[edit]

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

Meramera[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

tavine

  1. woman

Further reading[edit]

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

Mota[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

tavine

  1. woman

Further reading[edit]

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

Muduapa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

tavine

  1. woman

Further reading[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tavine

  1. woman

Further reading[edit]

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