Protoform: FAFINE [AN] Woman, female

Description: Woman, female
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to AN: Austronesian
Notes:

*0 >> PN *faafine 'women', CE *wahine
*4 POC *papine "woman, female, sister (of man)" (LPO V:54)
*5 PMP *binaj "frau" (Dpf. 1938).
*6 PAN *bahi "female", ba-bahi "woman, female", *b-in-ahi "woman, wife" (ACD).
*8 Note: (Rbt) and (Crk) entries suggest that MQA assimilation is recent.

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Papine Woman. Female (Fbg). (Yen)
Easter Island Haahine Near, next (to), close to, at hand Problematic (Fts)
East Futuna Fafine Woman (Mfr)
East Uvea Fafine Woman (Rch)
Emae Fafine Woman (Cpl)
Ifira-Mele Ffine Woman (Clk)
Kapingamarangi Ahina Woman (Lbr)
Luangiua Hiŋe Woman (Smd)
Luangiua (Ha)hiŋe Woman (Hbn)
Mangareva ʔAʔine Femme; femelle de tous les êtres animés (Rch)
Moriori Whinee, hihine, hin, hime Woman (Bke)
Mota Vavine Woman (Cdn)
Motu Hahine Woman; female (Lst)
Nggela Vavine Cross-sibling (Fox)
Niuafoʔou Fafine Woman (Dye)
Niuafoʔou Fefine Woman Borrowed (Gry)
Niue Fifine Woman, female (Sph)
Nuguria Hahine Woman, female (Dvl)
Nukumanu Hine (pl. hhine) Woman (Trt)
Nukuoro Hine Female, woman (must be preceded by article) (Crl)
Nukuoro Hahine Woman (Singular) (Crl)
Nukuoro Ahine, fefine Woman (Crn)
Pukapuka Wawine Woman, wife (Bge)
Rennellese Hahine Woman (Ebt)
Rotuman Hani Woman, girl, wife (Cwd)
Rotuman Haina Women, wife, wives; female (Cwd)
Samoan Fafine Woman (Prt)
Sikaiana Hahine Woman, woman, girl (Sps)
Sikaiana Hine Female (Sps)
Takuu Ffine Woman, girl; female animal (Mle)
Tikopia Fafine Woman (Fth)
Tokelau Fafine Woman (Sma)
Tongan Fafine A woman, a female of any animal, a daughter (Mar)
Tongan Fefine Woman (Cwd)
Tuvalu Fafine Woman (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Hahine, fafine, fefine Woman (Hvn)
West Futuna Fine Woman; female; wife (with *a*-possessive); daughter (with *o*-possessive). (Cpl)
West Futuna Fine Woman, girl, female, wife (Dty)
West Uvea Fafine Femme (Hmn)

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