different between whine vs wahine

English

Etymology

From Middle English whynen, hwinen, whinen, from Old English hw?nan (“to rush, to whizz, to squeal, to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hw?nan, from Proto-Germanic *hw?nan?, from Proto-Indo-European *?wey- (“to hiss, whistle, whisper”). Cognate with Old Norse hvína, whence Icelandic hvína, Norwegian hvine, Swedish vina, and Danish hvine.

Despite the strong similarity in sound and meaning, not related with German weinen, Dutch wenen, from Proto-Germanic *wain?n?.

Pronunciation

• enPR: w?n, IPA^(key): /wa?n/, [?a??n], [????n], [?ä?n], [??e?n]
• (without the wine–whine merger) enPR: hw?n, IPA^(key): /?a?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n
• Homophone: wine (accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun

whine (plural whines)

1. A long-drawn, high-pitched complaining cry or sound.
2. A complaint or criticism.

Translations

Verb

whine (third-person singular simple present whines, present participle whining, simple past and past participle whined)

1. (intransitive) To utter a high-pitched cry.
2. (intransitive) To make a sound resembling such a cry.

   The jet engines whined at take off.

3. (intransitive) To complain or protest with a whine or as if with a whine.
4. (intransitive) To move with a whining sound.

5. (transitive) To utter with the sound of a whine.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:complain

Translations

Middle English

Verb

whine

1. Alternative form of whynen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori and Hawaiian wahine (“woman”), from Proto-Polynesian *fafine.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /w???hi?n?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /w??hine?/, /w??hini/
• Rhymes: -i?ni, -i?ne?

Noun

wahine (plural wahines)

1. A Polynesian or Maori woman.
   • 2005, Thomas Lisanti, Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959–1969, McFarland & Company, page 224,

     One Way Wahine was the next beach movie, after Ride the Wild Surf, to be filmed on the sands of Hawaii. It was marketed to the teenage audience as a beach movie but it is a more serious look at the seamy side of Hawaii and the surf bums and one way wahines who go there to make a quick buck.

   • 2007, Michael A. Herr, The Old Queen's Treasure, Lulu.com, page 106,

     The photographs showed a very plain-looking, very young wahine.

   • 2007, Kay L. McDonald, Heart in Custody, iUniverse, page 40,

     Cowboy applauded his pupils and turned to the audience. “Give these two wahines a round, folks. They've been good sports.”

2. (surfing) A female surfer.

Anagrams

• Anhwei

Bunama

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa?ine/

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *fafine. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

wahine

1. woman

Further reading

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

Duau

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *fafine. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

wahine

1. woman

Further reading

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

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fafine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?hi.ne/, [???hine]

Noun

wahine (irregular plural w?hine)

1. woman, female
2. (by extension) wife

Descendants

• ? English: wahine (with Maori wahine)

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fafine.

Noun

wahine (irregular plural w?hine)

1. woman

Descendants

• ? English: wahine (with Hawaiian wahine)