Hiri Motu

Noun

hahine

1. woman

References

• Riall W. Nolan, Bushwalking in Papua New Guinea (1983), page 133

Nukuoro

Etymology

According to Carroll, this seems to incorporate the article ha + hine ‎(“female”) (and one does also encounter other articles: de hine, se hine); ha occurs only before hine, and sometimes seems to be interpreted as part of it, when one hears de hahine, se hahine.

Noun

hahine

1. woman

References

• Vern Carroll, An outline of the structure of the language of Nukuoro (1965)
• Vern Carroll, Nukuoro kinship (1966)

Pileni

Noun

hahine

1. woman

References

• A Grammar of Vaeakau-Taumako

Rapa Nui

Preposition

hahine

1. near

Synonyms

• tupuaki

Rennellese

Noun

hahine

1. woman

References

• Samuel H. Elbert, ‎Albert J. Schütz, Echo of a Culture: A Grammar of Rennell and Bellona (1988)