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wahine

Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

1. nvs., Woman, lady, wife; sister-in-law, female cousin-in-law of a man; queen in a deck of cards; womanliness, female, femininity; feminine; Mrs.; to have or obtain a wahine; to become a woman, as an adolescent. In some chants, as those about Pele, the word wahine has a connotation of goddess (see ex., ʻolokaʻa).

  • Examples:
    • Kai wahine (Kep. 183), a gentle sea.
    • Kamika wahine, Mrs. Smith.
    • Pipi wahine, cow.
    • A laila wahine ʻoe (Laie 493), then you will have a wife.
    • Kāna wahine maikaʻi, his good wife.
    • Kona wahine maikaʻi, her good-looking femininity.
    • Ua wahine ʻoe (GP 12), now you have a woman.
  • Related:
    • hoʻowahine Caus/sim.; To behave like a woman, effeminate, feminine; to imitate the ways of a woman; to grow into womanhood; to have the manners and ways of a lady; to become a wife; to obtain a wife (rare); to take a wife.
      • ʻIke ʻoia i ka wahine maikaʻi o Kamaile, ʻo ka hoʻowahine ihola nō ia (For. 5:607), he saw the beautiful womanliness of Kamaile, [and] took her as wife.
  • References:
    • Cf. wāhine.
    • PPN fafine, PCP wafine.

2. n., Plant names.

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wāhine

/ wā.hine / Haw to Eng, Pukui-Elbert (1986),

Plural of wahine.

  • Examples:
    • Nā wāhine, the women.
  • References:
    • Gram. 8.1.
    • PPN fafine, PNP faafine, PCP waafine.

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wahine

Haw to Eng, Māmaka Kaiao,

Hoʻokae wahine. Misogyny, hatred of women.

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WA-HI-NE

Haw to Eng, Andrews (1865),

s. A female in distinction from kane, male.

2. A woman; a wife. The term is applied to men and animals, and when applied to animals it merely marks the feminine gender. In grammar, ano wahine, feminine gender. Wahine, he mea ia e nani ai ke kane, he lei alii maikai no ke kane, woman, she gives honor to the man, she is a crown of beauty for the husband.

wahine

ʻaʻano ｜ stative verb / wă'-hī'-ne / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

adj., Feminine; like a woman: leo wahine, having the voice of a woman.

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wahine

kikino ｜ noun / wă'-hī'-ne / Haw to Eng, Parker (1922),

1. n., A female in distinction from kane, male.

2. n., A woman; a wife. (The term is applied to men and animals, and when applied to animals it merely marks the feminine gender.)

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wahine

Haw to Eng, Kent (1986),

Wife.

WAHINE

Haw to Eng, Wehiwehi Baibala (1872),

I. Ua hoikeia mai ka wahine ma ka Baibala, he hoa alohaia, a he kookoolua o ke kane, aole he kauwa nana, Kin. 2:23, 24, i hanaia i kookoolua nona, Kin. 2:18. He okoa no kana hana, Kin. 3:16; 1 Kor. 11:3, 8, 9; 14:34, 35; 1 Tim. 2:11-14, aka, ua kupono no oia i kela hana, e like me ke kane i kupono i kana hana. O ke kane a me ka wahine, hookahi no laua; o ke ano o ke kane a me ke ano o ka wahine kupono no kekahi i kekahi, a he kumu ia o ke aloha io a me ke kuikahi mau. Pela e hookiekie ae ka Baibala i na wahine Iudaio maluna o na wahine pegana; a aia ma ke Kauoha Kahiko, ka moolelo maikai loa o kekahi poe wahine haipule. Aka, ma ka pono euanelio, ua like ole loa no o na wahine Kristiano a me na wahine pegana; o na wahine pegana aole aoia lakou, ua hoohaahaaia, ua hookapuia, a lilo lakou i mea paani, a i mea hookauwa na na kane; a o na wahine Kristiano, ua aoia lakou, ua alohaia, a hookiekieia, a lilo lakou i mea hooluolu a hoomaikai i ko ke ao nei. O ka pono Kristiano, papa mai ia, aole papalua na wahine i ke kane hookahi, hookahi kane hookahi wahine, aole hemo, hookahi wale no kumu no ka hemo ana, Mat. 5:32; 19:3-9. Ua olelo mai ka pono Kristiano, aohe mea paa, aohe mea paa ole, aohe kane, aohe wahine, hookahi na mea a pau iloko o Kristo Iesu, Gal. 3:28; a ma ka lani, aole mare hou ia, aka, ua like me na anela o ke Akua, Mat. 22:30. Ina he mua ka wahine i ka haule ana, ua hoohanohanoia oia i kona lilo ana i makua hookahi o ka mea Hoola; a o na wahine, lilo no lakou i makamaka oiaio o Kristo ma ka honua nei. Ua kau nui mai ka hoino mua maluna o ka wahine, aka, ua mahuahua mai ka lokomaikai o ka euanelio ia lakou. Ma ka Aina Hikina, noho iho la na wahine ma kahi mehameha, aole ikeia lakou ma ke akea ke ole i uhiia i ka palemaka, aole halawai pinepine me na mea e, aole ike lakou i na kanaka i hele mai e ike i ka lakou kane, aole hoi e ai pu me na kane o ko lakou ohua iho. Ua hana lakou i na hana ma ka hale, Sol. 31; oia ka wili palaoa ana, ka hana berena, ka ulana lole, ka humuhumu, a pela aku. O ka poe ilihune hoiliili lakou i ke koena-ai ma ka mahinaai; malama no na kaikamahine o na makua'lii i na holoholona o ko lakou makua, Kin. 29:9; Puk. 2:16; huki na wahine i ka wai no ka ohana, a halihali i ka ipuwai ma ko lakou poohiwi, a hiki i ka hale, Kin. 24:15-20; Ioa. 4:38.

wahine

Haw to Eng, Judd/Pukui/Stokes (1943),

female.

wahine

Haw to Eng, Land Terms (1995),

1. Wife. In re Estate of Moehonua, 6 Haw. 338, 341 (1882). 2. Female, woman.

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