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‖ vahine|vaˈhine|
Also vahini.
[Tahitian.]
A Tahitian woman or wife. Cf. wahine.
1950F. H. Lyon tr. Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki Exped. viii. 217 They had a lively and spirited leading singer in a luxuriantly fat vahine. 1960H. E. Bates Aspidistra in Babylon 187 Better take a vahini..and settle down. Ibid. 227, I will build a house and live like your vahine. It cost nothing. I'll be your vahine and work for you. I'll work for you and you can love me. 1980London Mag. July 24 The village of Mataiea, where Gauguin..lived..with his beloved vahine Teha'amana. |