The story
- Samoan · borrowed fromfa'afāfine
- English todayfa'afafine
Borrowed from Samoan fa'afāfine, from fa'a (“in the manner of”) + fafine (“woman”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
fa'afafine
Today it means: A Samoan whose gender is neither male nor female, being biologically male but preferring (or being raised for) traditionally female duties and tasks. Full definition →
Samoan fa'afāfine