maitaʻi

See also: maitai, mai tai, and maita'i

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *maqitaki; cognate with Tuamotuan maitaki, Rarotongan meitaki, Rapa maitaki, Austral maitaʻi, North Marquesan meitaʻi, South Marquesan meitaʻi, Hawaiian maikaʻi, Maori maitai.[1]

Adjective

maitaʻi (plural maitataʻi) (Raapoto spelling maitaì)

  1. good

Usage notes

Do not confuse with mataʻi.

Derived terms

  • tāmā‘a maita‘i (“bon appetit”)

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “maitaki”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559

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