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vahine

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See also: vahiné and vähine

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tahitian vahine (woman).

Noun

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vahine (plural vahines)

  1. Synonym of wahine (a Polynesian woman)

Anagrams

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Rapa Nui

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tahitian vahine (woman), from Proto-Polynesian *fafine.

Adjective

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vahine

  1. female

Derived terms

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Tahitian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *fafine.

Noun

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vahine

  1. woman

Descendants

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  • English: vahine
  • French: vahiné
  • Rapa Nui: vahine

References

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  • vahine” in John Davies, A Tahitian and English dictionary, with introductory remarks on the Polynesian language, and a short grammar of the Tahitian dialect: with an appendix containing a list of foreign words used in the Tahitian Bible, in commerce, etc., with the sources from whence they have been derived, 1851, page 308.