vahine
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Tahitian vahine (“woman”).
Noun
vahine (plural vahines)
- Synonym of wahine (“a Polynesian woman”)
Anagrams
Rapa Nui
Etymology
Borrowed from Tahitian vahine (“woman”), from Proto-Polynesian *fafine.
Adjective
vahine
Derived terms
Tahitian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *fafine.
Noun
vahine
Descendants
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- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Rapa Nui terms borrowed from Tahitian
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- Rapa Nui lemmas
- Rapa Nui adjectives
- Tahitian terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Tahitian terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Tahitian lemmas
- Tahitian nouns