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wahine

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wa·hi·ne  (wä-hn, -n) also va·hi·ne (vä-)
n.
1. Hawaii A Polynesian woman.
2. Sports A woman surfer.
[Hawaiian, from Proto-Polynesian *fafine.]
wahine [wɑːˈhiːnɪ]
n
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (esp in the Pacific islands) a Polynesian or Maori woman, esp a girlfriend or wife
[from Maori and Hawaiian]
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