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Fa'afafine
Fa'afafine are a third-gender people of Samoa and the Samoan diaspora. A recognized identity/role since at least the early 20th century in Samoan society, and some theorize an integral part of traditional Samoan culture, fa'afafine are male at birth, and explicitly embody both masculine and feminine gender traits, fashioned in a way unique to this part of the world. Their behavior typically ranges from extravagantly feminine to mundanely masculine.
== Terminology ==
The word fa'afafine includes the causative prefix ''fa'a–'', meaning "in the manner of", and the word ''fafine'', meaning "woman".〔Milner, G.B. 1966. Samoan-English Dictionary. "Fa'afafine" entry pg. 52 under "Fafine"〕 It is cognate with linguistically related words in other Polynesian languages, such as the Tongan ''fakafefine'' (also ''fakaleiti''), the Maori ''whakawahine'', the Cook Islands Maori ''akava'ine'', and similar to the Hawaiian concept of ''mahu''.
The Samoan slang word ''mala'' (or "devastation" in the Samoan language) is in less frequent use for fa'afafine.
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