Wiktionary

mahina

See also: Mahina and māhina

Hawaiian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *masina (compare with Maori māhina and Samoan masina), from Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (compare with Malay sinar), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /maˈhi.na/, [məˈhi.nə]

Noun edit

mahina

  1. moon
    Inā ua ʻike au i ka lā i kona lilelile ʻana, a i ka mahina i kona hele aʻiaʻi ʻana.
    If I have observed the sun when it shines, or the moon moving in brightness.
  2. month

Derived terms edit

Kapingamarangi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *masina, from Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.

Noun edit

mahina

  1. moon

Karao edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish máquina (“machine”).

Noun edit

mahina

  1. machine

Niuean edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *masina, from Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.

Noun edit

mahina

  1. moon
    Ne onoono hake a ia ke he mahina.
    He was looking up at the moon.

Rapa Nui edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *masina, from Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.

Noun edit

mahina

  1. moon

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

From ma- +‎ hina.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ma‧hi‧na
  • IPA(key): /maˈhinaʔ/, [mɐˈhi.nɐʔ]

Adjective edit

mahinà (plural mahihina, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜒᜈ)

  1. weak; feeble; sickly
  2. (Marinduque) slow
    Synonyms: mabagal, magigi

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • “mahina”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tongan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *masina (compare with Maori māhina and Samoan masina), from Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (compare with Malay sinar), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mahina

  1. moon
    ‘E ‘ikai taa‘i koe ‘e he la‘a, ‘aho, pe ko e mahina‘i he po.
    By day the sun itself will not strike you, nor the moon by night.
  2. month

See also edit

  • mahina
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