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Examples
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Anapuni and I were only commoners, as were all of us kanakas and wahines who were at the drinking with the common sailors and whaleship men from before the mast.
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Postal, of course; these wahines definitely belong with the other lovelies from my mailbox, instead of being hidden amongst random postcards from New Jersey.
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The kanakas and wahines of the drinking were gone.
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His Hawaiian shirt sported nude wahines and moonbeams on a purple background.
IOM 46-100 with comments Miss Snark 2005
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I want to be with all the kanes and wahines that I knew long ago.
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But he preferred big broads, anyway, not the dark little wahines.
Moonwar Bova, Ben, 1932- 1997
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"I'm older than those two wahines you took to your room this afternoon, both of them added together."
Empire Builders Bova, Ben 1993
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The personnel were four kanakas and two wahines, who were not overworked.
There Will Be Time Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1972
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The personnel were four kanakas and two wahines, who were not overworked.
Two in Time Anderson, Poul 1970
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The kanakas and wahines of the drinking were gone.
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