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wahine

noun

  1. Māori woman or wife
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /wɑːˈhiːnɪ/ / /wɑˈhineɪ/ / /wɑˈhini/

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Māori wahine (“woman”), from Proto-Polynesian *fafine.

  1. A Polynesian or Maori woman.

    I wanna be with all the kanes and wahines that I knew long ago

    One Way Wahine was the next beach movie, after Ride the Wild Surf, to be filmed on the sands of Hawaii. It was marketed to the teenage audience as a beach movie but it is a more serious look at the seamy side of Hawaii and the surf bums and one way wahines who go there to make a quick buck.

  2. A female surfer.
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