English

Proper noun

Tehani

1. 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 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.

References

• Académie tahitienne: Fa'atoro parau Tahiti/Farāni, 1999

Anagrams

• hentai
• in heat