fakafifine

Niuean

Etymology

From faka +‎ fifine (“woman”). Cognate to Maori whakawahine and Samoan fa'afafine.

Noun

fakafifine

  1. Synonym of fiafifine
    • 2019 August 31, Alan Weedon, “Fa'afafine, fakaleitī, fakafifine — understanding the Pacific's alternative gender expressions”, in ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)‎ (in English), retrieved 2020-05-31:
      In Samoa, people assigned male at birth who live as women are known as fa'afafine, which literally translates to "in the fashion of a woman". Similar identities to fa'afafine are found in Tonga (fakaleitī or leitī), Fiji (vaka sa lewa lewa), Niue (fakafifine), Kiribati and Tuvalu (pinapinaaine), the Cook Islands (akava'ine) and New Zealand (whakawāhine).
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