fiafifine

Niuean

Etymology

From fia (“in the manner of”) +‎ fifine (“woman”). Compare Samoan fa'afafine and Maori whakawahine.

Noun

fiafifine

  1. a biologically male person who lives and behaves as a female socially; literally "like a woman"
    Synonym: fakafifine
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