• Tehani

    Origin

    Tahitian te ("the") + hani ("darling")

    Full definition of Tehani

    Proper noun

    Tehani

    (plural Tehanis)
    1. .
      • 1936 Charles Nordhoff - , 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 055211006X, page 54:"I am Tehani, chief Tatai's daughter.""Tehani," Teroro interpreted. "The little darling."

    Usage notes

    Occasionally used in English due to 20th century fiction.

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