Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/fafine

This Proto-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

From Proto-Central Pacific *vavine, from Proto-Oceanic *papine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi.

• IPA^(key): /fa.ˈfi.ne/

*fafine^[1]

1. woman

• Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
  • Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
    • Marquesic
      • Hawaiian: wahine
        • → English: wahine (with Maori wahine)
      • Mangarevan: veine
      • North Marquesan: vehine
      • South Marquesan: vehine
    • Tahitic
      • Maori: wahine
        • → English: wahine (with Hawaiian wahine)
      • Rarotongan: va'ine
      • Tahitian: vahine
        • → English: vahine
        • → French: vahiné
        • → Rapa Nui: vahine
      • Tuamotuan: va'ine
    • Rapa Nui: hāhine (“near”)
  • Samoic-Outlier
    • Ellicean
      • Kapingamarangi: ahina
      • Nukuoro: hahine
      • Ontong Java: hine
      • Pileni: hahine
      • Sikaiana: hahine
      • Takuu: ffine
      • Tuvaluan: fafine
    • Futunic
      • Anuta: papine
      • East Futuna: fafine
      • Rennellese: hahine
      • Wallisian: fafine
    • Samoic
      • Samoan: fafine
      • Tokelauan: fafine
• Tongic
  • Niuean: fifine
  • Tongan: fefine, fafine; fehuhu (“mother”)

• Alternatively, split into fafine (Samoic-Outlier and Tongic) and wahine (Eastern Polynesian).^[2]