hāhine

See also: hahine

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fafine (“woman”). Cognates include Hawaiian wahine (“woman”) and Maori wahine (“woman”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhaː.hi.ne/
  • Hyphenation: hā‧hi‧ne

Preposition

hāhine

  1. near

Synonyms

References
  • Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 205
  • “hāhine”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 112
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