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veine
veine
See also: veiné
Norman
Etymology
From Old French veine, from Latin vēna.
Noun
veine f (plural veines)
Derived terms
- veine varice (“varicose vein”)
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
veine f (oblique plural veines, nominative singular veine, nominative plural veines)
Descendants
Wogeo
Noun
veine
References
- Stephen Adolphe Wurm,New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976): PAN *binay, *babinay woman: the longer forms coming into PN as wahine, is present in Manus as *pihin, "bihin, and in Wogeo as veine, [...]
- Herbert Ian Hogbin, The Leaders and the Led: Social Control in Wogeo, New Guinea (1978)