Samoan fafine

← Proto-Austronesian *bahi (inherited)

← Proto-Oceanic *papine (inherited)

← Proto-Polynesian *fafine (inherited)

← Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *babinahi (inherited)

→ English fa'afafine (mention)

→ Niuean fifine (cognate)

→ Samoan soafafine (affix)

→ Samoan fa'afafine (compound)

→ Tokelauan fafine (cognate)