mahina

See also: Mahina

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *masina (compare Samoan masina), from Proto-Oceanic *sina (compare Fijian cina), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (compare Malay sinar, Tagalog sinag), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ (compare Amis tsiłal).

Noun

mahina

  1. moon
    Inā ua ʻike au i ka lā i kona lilelile ʻana, a i ka mahina i kona hele aʻiaʻi ʻana.
    If I have observed the sun when it shines, or the moon moving in brightness.
  2. month

Derived terms

Kapingamarangi

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *masina (compare Samoan masina), from Proto-Oceanic *sina (compare Fijian cina), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (compare Malay sinar, Tagalog sinag), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ (compare Amis tsiłal).

Noun

mahina

  1. moon

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *masina (compare Samoan masina), from Proto-Oceanic *sina (compare Fijian cina), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (compare Malay sinar, Tagalog sinag), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ (compare Amis tsiłal).

Noun

mahina

  1. moon
    Ne onoono hake a ia ke he mahina.
    He was looking up at the moon.

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *masina (compare Samoan masina), from Proto-Oceanic *sina (compare Fijian cina), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (compare Malay sinar, Tagalog sinag), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ (compare Amis tsiłal).

Noun

mahina

  1. moon

Tagalog

Etymology

From ma- +‎ hina.

Adjective

mahinà

  1. weak; feeble; sickly

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *masina (compare Samoan masina), from Proto-Oceanic *sina (compare Fijian cina), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (compare Malay sinar, Tagalog sinag), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ (compare Amis tsiłal).

Noun

mahina

  1. moon
    ‘E ‘ikai taa‘i koe ‘e he la‘a, ‘aho, pe ko e mahina‘i he po.
    By day the sun itself will not strike you, nor the moon by night.
  2. month
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