fiafifine
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Niuean
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Etymology
[edit]From fia (“in the manner of”) + fifine (“woman”). Compare Samoan fa'afafine and Maori whakawahine.
Noun
[edit]fiafifine
- a biologically male person who lives and behaves as a female socially; literally "like a woman"
- Synonym: fakafifine