"fafine" meaning in Samoan

See fafine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *fafine, from Proto-Oceanic *papine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi. Etymology templates: {{inh|sm|poz-pol-pro|*fafine}} Proto-Polynesian *fafine, {{inh|sm|poz-oce-pro|*papine}} Proto-Oceanic *papine, {{inh|sm|poz-pro|*babinahi}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi, {{inh|sm|map-pro|*bahi}} Proto-Austronesian *bahi Head templates: {{head|sm|adjective}} fafine
  1. female Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-fafine-sm-adj-nxZROajC Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Samoan entries with incorrect language header, Female Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Samoan entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Female: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *fafine, from Proto-Oceanic *papine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi. Etymology templates: {{inh|sm|poz-pol-pro|*fafine}} Proto-Polynesian *fafine, {{inh|sm|poz-oce-pro|*papine}} Proto-Oceanic *papine, {{inh|sm|poz-pro|*babinahi}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi, {{inh|sm|map-pro|*bahi}} Proto-Austronesian *bahi Head templates: {{head|sm|noun}} fafine
  1. woman
    Sense id: en-fafine-sm-noun-zy5b~x7w
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0
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  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "sm",
      "name": "People",
      "orig": "sm:People",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*fafine"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *fafine",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*papine"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *papine",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*babinahi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*bahi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *bahi",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *fafine, from Proto-Oceanic *papine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "fafine",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Samoan",
  "lang_code": "sm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "woman"
      ],
      "id": "en-fafine-sm-noun-zy5b~x7w",
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fafine"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "po'a"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "_dis": "0 0",
      "kind": "other",
      "langcode": "sm",
      "name": "People",
      "orig": "sm:People",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w+disamb"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*fafine"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *fafine",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*papine"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *papine",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*babinahi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*bahi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *bahi",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *fafine, from Proto-Oceanic *papine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "fafine",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Samoan",
  "lang_code": "sm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "93 7",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Samoan entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "100 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "sm",
          "name": "Female",
          "orig": "sm:Female",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "female"
      ],
      "id": "en-fafine-sm-adj-nxZROajC",
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fafine"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Samoan adjectives",
    "Samoan entries with incorrect language header",
    "Samoan lemmas",
    "Samoan nouns",
    "Samoan terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Samoan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Samoan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Samoan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
    "sm:Female",
    "sm:People"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*fafine"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *fafine",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*papine"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *papine",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*babinahi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*bahi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *bahi",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *fafine, from Proto-Oceanic *papine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "fafine",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Samoan",
  "lang_code": "sm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fafine"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "po'a"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Samoan adjectives",
    "Samoan entries with incorrect language header",
    "Samoan lemmas",
    "Samoan nouns",
    "Samoan terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Samoan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Samoan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Samoan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian",
    "Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic",
    "Samoan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian",
    "sm:Female",
    "sm:People"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-pol-pro",
        "3": "*fafine"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Polynesian *fafine",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-oce-pro",
        "3": "*papine"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Oceanic *papine",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*babinahi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*bahi"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *bahi",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Polynesian *fafine, from Proto-Oceanic *papine, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sm",
        "2": "adjective"
      },
      "expansion": "fafine",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Samoan",
  "lang_code": "sm",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "female"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "fafine"
}

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