mahina

See also: Mahina and māhina

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *masina (compare with Maori māhina and Samoan masina), from Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (compare with Malay sinar), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maˈhi.na/, [məˈhinə]

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, from Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.

Noun

mahina

  1. moon

Karao

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish máquina (“machine”).

Noun

mahina

  1. machine

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *masina, from Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.

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, from Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.

Noun

mahina

  1. moon

Tagalog

Etymology

From ma- +‎ hina.

Adjective

mahinà

  1. weak; feeble; sickly

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *masina (compare with Maori māhina and Samoan masina), from Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (compare with Malay sinar), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.hi.na/

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

See also
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