wahine

plural wahines

1. A woman, particularly a Polynesian or Maori one.

   I wanna be with all the kanes and wahines that I knew long ago

   1933, Tommy Harrison, Bill Cogswell, Johnny Noble, My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii

   3 more examples

   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.

   2005, Thomas Lisanti, Hollywood Surf and Beach Movies: The First Wave, 1959–1969, McFarland & Company, page 224

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

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

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

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

2. hobbiesA female surfer.