Tehani
English
Proper noun
Tehani
- A female given name.
- 1936 Charles Nordhoff - James Norman Hall, Mutiny on the Bounty.The Bounty Trilogy, Little, Brown and co, 1940, page 84:
- "Tehani," he announced in my ear, which is to say "the Darling," a name by no means inappropriate, I thought.
- 1959 James Michener, Hawaii, Corgi Books 1981, →ISBN, page 54:
- "I am Tehani, chief Tatai's daughter."
- "Tehani," Teroro interpreted. "The little darling."
- 1936 Charles Nordhoff - James Norman Hall, Mutiny on the Bounty.The Bounty Trilogy, Little, Brown and co, 1940, page 84:
Usage notes
- Occasionally used in English due to 20th century fiction.
References
- Académie tahitienne: Fa'atoro parau Tahiti/Farāni, 1999
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