tavine

Bulu (New Guinea)

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tapine, from earlier *qatapine, from *qata (“person”) + *pine (“female”).

Noun

tavine

1. woman

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Meramera

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tapine, from earlier *qatapine, from *qata (“person”) + *pine (“female”).

Noun

tavine

1. woman

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Mota

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tapine, from earlier *qatapine, from *qata (“person”) + *pine (“female”).

Noun

tavine

1. woman

Further reading

• François, Alexandre, Shadows of bygone lives: The histories of spiritual words in northern Vanuatu (2013)

Muduapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tapine, from earlier *qatapine, from *qata (“person”) + *pine (“female”).

Noun

tavine

1. woman

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
• René van den Berg, Peter Bachet, Vitu grammar sketch (2006)

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tapine, from earlier *qatapine, from *qata (“person”) + *pine (“female”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taβine/

Noun

tavine

1. woman

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)