āngi

See also: angi, ’angi, and Angi

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *aŋi, from Proto-Central Pacific *aŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *aŋin (compare with Fijian cagi “wind”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haŋin (compare with Malay angin, Tagalog angin)[1][2]

Noun

āngi

  1. air

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “agi.1”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
  2. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 126-7

Further reading

  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “āngi”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 13
  • “āngi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *aŋi, from Proto-Central Pacific *aŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *aŋin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haŋin.

Verb

āngi

  1. (intransitive) to blow (of wind)
    Ko āngi te matangi.
    The wind is blowing.
  2. (stative) be windy
    Te konga nei i te āngi.
    This place is windy.

Derived terms

  • angiangi (“breezy, windy”)
  • wakaangiangi (“to cool oneself in a breeze”)

Further reading

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