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

• tupuaki

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^[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 112