mahina

From Proto-Polynesian *masina (compare Samoan masina), from Proto-Oceanic *sina (compare Fijian cina), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (compare Malay sinar, Tagalog sinag), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ (compare Amis cidal).

• IPA^(key): /maˈhi.na/, [məˈhinə]

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

• mahina poepoe (“full moon”)

From Proto-Polynesian *masina (compare Samoan masina), from Proto-Oceanic *sina (compare Fijian cina), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (compare Malay sinar, Tagalog sinag), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ (compare Amis cidal).

mahina

1. moon

From Proto-Polynesian *masina (compare Samoan masina), from Proto-Oceanic *sina (compare Fijian cina), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (compare Malay sinar, Tagalog sinag), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ (compare Amis cidal).

mahina

1. moon

   Ne onoono hake a ia ke he mahina.

   He was looking up at the moon.

From Proto-Polynesian *masina (compare Samoan masina), from Proto-Oceanic *sina (compare Fijian cina), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (compare Malay sinar, Tagalog sinag), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ (compare Amis cidal).

mahina

1. moon

From ma- +‎ hina.

mahinà

1. weak; feeble; sickly

From Proto-Polynesian *masina (compare Samoan masina), from Proto-Oceanic *sina (compare Fijian cina), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ (compare Malay sinar, Tagalog sinag), from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ (compare Amis cidal).

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