aine
Bingham
áine
n. female, woman.
Sabatier
aine
n. female, woman, feminine.
ex.
- te tei n aine, te ataei n aine: girl (little, young).
- te tei aine: young woman or grown up girl.
- te toki n aine: middle aged woman te unaine: old woman.
fig. respectable, important matron.
ex.
- te aine n uma: married woman, housewife.
- te nati te aine: daughter.
- te aro n aine: female sex, feminine gender.
- te itera n aine: relations on the woman's side.
- ae bina n aine: womanly deportment (of a man).
- ae ina n aine: gentle, like a woman.
- n aine: feminine.
- te ara n aine: feminine name.
note. (for feminine of animals add aine to the name.
ex. te moa aine: a hen.
vc. ka-ainea, kaka-ainea: to let grow up (a girl).
ka-ainen-uma: treat as a married woman.
ka-ainen-uma: treat as a married woman.
v. to bakaine, babakaine.
vt. bakainea, babakainea: to neglect, to illtreat.