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Wahine

//wɑˈhineɪ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A Polynesian or Maori woman.

    "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. 2
    A female surfer.

Etymology

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

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