matangi

From Proto-Polynesian *mataŋi combining *mata (“eye, point”) +‎ *aŋi (“blow (of wind)”) corresponding to mata + āngi – compare with Malay mata angin “cardinal direction” lit. “point [direction] of [blowing] wind”

• IPA^(key): /maˈta.ŋi/

matangi

1. wind
2. breeze

   Kāore he matangi, koirā i tino kino ai te pārūrū.

   There was no breeze, and that's why the humidity was so bad.

• hau

• rehu matangi (“clarinet”)

• “matangi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

From Proto-Polynesian *mataŋi.

matangi

1. wind; breeze

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matangi

1. plural of tangi

From Proto-Polynesian *mataŋi.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ta.ŋi/

matangi

1. wind

• Churchward, C. Maxwell (1959) Tongan dictionary: Tongan-English and English-Tongan, →OCLC, page 340

From Proto-Polynesian *mataŋi.

matangi

1. wind