fafine

== East Futuna == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *fafine. === Noun === fafine woman == Samoan == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *fafine, from Proto-Oceanic *papine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi. === Noun === fafine woman === Adjective === fafine female ==== Antonyms ==== po'a == Saposa == === Noun === fafine sibling of the opposite sex === Further reading === Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988) Ellen Louise Smith, A grammar of Papapana (2015) (in notes) == Tokelauan == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *fafine. Cognates include Tuvaluan fafine and Samoan fafine. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ha.ˈɸi.ne] Hyphenation: fa‧fi‧ne === Noun === fafine female, woman === References === R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 57 == Tongan == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *fafine. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fa.fi.ne/ === Noun === fafine woman == Tuvaluan == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *fafine. === Noun === fafine woman == Wallisian == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *fafine. === Noun === fafine woman