English
Tehani
Tehani comes from Tahitian te ‘the’.
- Tahitianmodernte‘the’
- Englishearliest quotation 1936Tehani
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Tahitianmodernte‘the’
- Englishearliest quotation 1936Tehani
Earliest quotation: 1936, Charles Nordhoff - James Norman Hall, Mutiny on the Bounty.The Bounty Trilogy: “Tehani," he announced in my ear, which is to…”
Every English word from Tahitian te
Today it means
name A female given name.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Tahitian te / Tehani