fiafifine
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Niuean[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From fia (“in the manner of”) + fifine (“woman”). Compare Samoan fa'afafine and Maori whakawahine.
Noun[edit]
fiafifine
- a biologically male person who lives and behaves as a female socially; literally "like a woman"
- Synonym: fakafifine