Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Hawaii A Polynesian woman.
- n. Sports A woman surfer.
Wiktionary
- n. A Polynesian or Maori woman
Etymologies
- Maori wahine ("woman"), from Proto-Polynesian *fafine. (Wiktionary)
- Hawaiian, from Proto-Polynesian *fafine. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“He mea kupanaha, aole hoi au wahine a kaua e noho nei, aka, iloko o kau mele e heluhelu nei, me he wahine la kau.”
“A no keia mea, kauoha ae la ke Alii i na hoewaa e hoe pololei aku ma kahi a ka wahine e noho mai ana, a holo aku la a kokoke, halawai mua iho la lakou me ke kanaka e paeaea ana, ninau aku la, "Owai kela wahine e noho mai la iluna o ka pali maluna pono ou?”
“Alaila, hooko mai la o Aiwohikupua i ka ka wahine olelo, alaila, loaa mai la ka mahana e like me mamua.”
“A no kela olelo a ka wahine, hai aku o Hauailiki i kona manao, "Ua pono kou manao, ua like no kou manao me ko'u; aka, e hoohui mua kaua ia kaua iho e like me ka makemake o ka mea ume, a mahope loa aku, alaila hoao loa kaua.”
“Aole kaua e holo pu i Kauai," wahi a ka wahine, "aka, e kau wau me oukou a Kohala, hoi mai wau, alaila hoi oukou.”
“Alii, o ka mea a ke Alii e lealea ai, oia ka wahine a ke Alii”
“Hinaikamalama, o Aiwohikupua keia mau waa, mahamaha mai la ka wahine me ka manao e hele aku ana a halawai me ka wahine; aka, aia no lakou ke lana malie mai la i ka moana.”
“A no keia olelo a ka wahine kamaaina, alaila, ua ano e ko ke Alii wahine manao, aole nae oia i wikiwiki i ka huhu; aka, i mea e maopopo lea ai ia ia, hoomanawanui no o Laielohelohe.”
“Guard our wife" -- _Ka wahine a kaua_ -- says the Kauai chief to his comrade, "she belongs to us two" -- _ia ia kaua_.”
“Nolaila, ma keia kakahiaka, e lilo ana ka wahine a olua ia oe.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘wahine’.
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Additional 250 Spelling Words
Words for the diehard intermediate and advanced spellers
facetiae, sagittary, anthophilous, hydromancy, pandect, carillonneur, tabbouleh, litterateur, windgall, pinguid, tressure, moderne and 238 more...
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Mahalo Hawaiʻi
The triggerfish humuhumunukunukuapuaa belongs on this list too.
ʻokina, U+02BB, mahalo, aloha, Liliuokalani, nene, a'a, muumuu, Pineapple Express, Northwestern Hawa..., Malia, Leilani and 123 more...
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Maori words playable in scrabble
Maori, weve had a influx since
2007ahuru+, ahuruhuru+, aka+, akatea+, akeake+, akiraho+, amokura+, araara+, ariki+, aroha+, aruhe+, ataata+ and 297 more...
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*aiia*
All (aii) manner of Hawaiian! Who asks how, why and?
Hawaiian, hawaiian honeycre..., hawaiian shirt, hawaiian skirt, hawaiian goose, Blue Hawaii, Hawaiian hoary bat, hawaiian snow, humuhumunukunukua..., liliuokalani, drepanididae, pahoehoe and 10 more...
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Femmesque
Curious words having to do with women: positive or negative; feminine, observational, technical, weird, stupid, crass, etc. I loathe some of these words but I'm using this list as a catch-all... ev...
mittelschmerz, gynotikolobomasso..., ingenue, uxorious, hogminny, quim, suffragette, damsel, madame, parturient, testatrix, mediatrix and 188 more...
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the feminine mystique
I love being a woman.
pink-collar, vagina dentata, écriture féminine, primigravida, cunt, yoni, lingam, fangast, chattel, moppet, lolita, philogynist and 52 more...
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simple & useful6
vaporize, potentiality, lamentation, finite, hobbling, whiffed, accessorizing, negligible, amplification, grumbly, trumpeting, snares and 65 more...
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uberWENSCH's Words
glisten, uxorious, staccato, mellifluous, eminence grise, cuckold, brilliantine, stave, elan, porte cochere, donjon, ars and 61 more...
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Trader Vic's Concoctions
In the spirits of drinks of yore, Trader Vic's had THE list of RUM drinks including ........................
rangon ruby, navy grog, bahia, wahine, hamaaina, doctor funk of ta..., tonga punch, london sour, samoan fog cutter, suffering bastard, menehune juice, scorpion and 4 more...
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perhapsolutely's Words
polyradiculoneuro..., abulia, abubble, abscission, abaft, zareba, abatis, abigail, abiogenesis, ablate, ablaut, abo and 1705 more...
Tweets
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mechanolatry A Polynesian woman. Mar 8, 2009