tavine

Bulu (New Guinea)

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tapine, from earlier *qatapine, from *qata (“person”) + *pine (“female”).

Noun

tavine

  1. woman

Further reading

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Meramera

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tapine, from earlier *qatapine, from *qata (“person”) + *pine (“female”).

Noun

tavine

  1. woman

Further reading

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)

Mota

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tapine, from earlier *qatapine, from *qata (“person”) + *pine (“female”).

Noun

tavine

  1. woman

Further reading

  • François, Alexandre, Shadows of bygone lives: The histories of spiritual words in northern Vanuatu (2013)

Muduapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tapine, from earlier *qatapine, from *qata (“person”) + *pine (“female”).

Noun

tavine

  1. woman

Further reading

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
  • René van den Berg, Peter Bachet, Vitu grammar sketch (2006)

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tapine, from earlier *qatapine, from *qata (“person”) + *pine (“female”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taβine/

Noun

tavine

  1. woman

Further reading

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
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