Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/fafine
Proto-Polynesian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Central Pacific *vavine, from Proto-Oceanic *papine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
*fafine[1]
Descendants edit
- Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Marquesic
- Tahitic
- Rapa Nui: hāhine (“near”)
- Samoic-Outlier
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
- Tongic
Notes edit
- Alternatively, split into fafine (Samoic-Outlier and Tongic) and wahine (Eastern Polynesian).[2]