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Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/fafine
Proto-Polynesian
Etymology
From Proto-Central Pacific *vavine, from Proto-Oceanic *papine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.ˈfi.ne/
Descendants
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Marquesic
- Tahitic
- Rapa Nui: hāhine (“near”)
- Samoic-Outlier
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Tongic
Notes
- Alternatively, split into fafine (Samoic-Outlier and Tongic) and wahine (Eastern Polynesian).[2]
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