hinahina
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Hawaiian hinahina.
=== Noun ===
hinahina (plural hinahina)
Heliotropium anomalum, a heliotrope of the Pacific Islands.
== Hawaiian ==
=== Etymology ===
Reduplication (thus doublet) of hina from Proto-Polynesian *sina (compare with mahina “moon, moonlight” and Samoan māsina), from Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (compare with Malay sinar, Tagalog sinag), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˌhi.naˈhi.na/, [ˌhi.nəˈhi.nə]
=== Noun ===
hinahina
Heliotropium anomalum, a heliotrope of the Pacific Islands
Artemisia australis
==== Related terms ====
hina
=== References ===
== Māori ==
=== Etymology ===
Reduplication (thus doublet) of hina from Proto-Polynesian *sina (compare with Samoan māsina and sina), from Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ (compare with Fijian cina (“to illuminate”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (compare with Malay sinar (“ray, shine”), Tagalog sinag), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈhinahina/ [ˈhinɐhinɐ]
=== Adjective ===
hinahina
grey-haired
=== Noun ===
hinahina
Melicytus ramiflorus.
=== See also ===
hina
māhina
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
“hinahina” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.