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/, [məˈhi.nə]

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

• mahina poepoe (“full moon”)

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.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /maˈhinaʔ/ [mɐˈhi.nɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -inaʔ
• Syllabification: ma‧hi‧na

Adjective

mahinà (plural mahihina, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜑᜒᜈ)

1. weak; feeble; sickly
2. (Marinduque) slow

   Synonyms: mabagal, magigi

Derived terms

• mahina ang loob
• mahina ang ulo

 

Further reading

• “mahina”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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

• mahina