What does wahine mean?
Wahine means A Polynesian or Maori woman..
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/wɑːˈhiːnɪ/ · noun
A Polynesian or Maori woman..
1933, Tommy Harrison, Bill Cogswell, Johnny Noble, My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii I wanna be with all the kanes and wahines that I knew long ago
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.
The photographs showed a very plain-looking, very young wahine.
Cowboy applauded his pupils and turned to the audience. “Give these two wahines a round, folks. They've been good sports.”
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Wahine means A Polynesian or Maori woman..
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1933, Tommy Harrison, Bill Cogswell, Johnny Noble, My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii I wanna be with all the kanes and wahines that I knew long ago
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