Wahine
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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 A female surfer.
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
Borrowed from Māori and Hawaiian wahine (“woman”), from Proto-Polynesian *fafine.
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