rangi

From rango (“rank”) +‎ -i.

• IPA^(key): /ˈranɡi/
• Rhymes: -anɡi
• Hyphenation: ran‧gi

rangi (present rangas, past rangis, future rangos, conditional rangus, volitive rangu)

1. (intransitive) to rank

Borrowed from Swahili rangi, ultimately from Persian رنگ (rang).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɾàᵑɡǐ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.^[2]

rangi class 14 (plural marangi)^[1]

1. colour

• IPA^(key): /ra.ŋi/, [ɾɐ.ŋi]

From Proto-Polynesian *laŋi (compare with Hawaiian lani, Samoan lagi), from Proto-Oceanic *laŋit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit (compare with Malay langit, Malagasy lanitra), from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC (“sky”).

rangi

1. sky, heaven

   ngā rangi tūhāhā ― the separated heavens

   Toi-o-ngā-rangi ― the summit of the heavens, uppermost of the twelve heavens in some Maori legends

2. weather

   Synonym: huarere

3. tune, air, melody

• rangitahi (“ephemeral”)

From Proto-Oceanic *raqani “daytime, daylight”.^[1]

rangi

1. daytime, day, period of brightness from morning to afternoon

   Synonyms: ao, rā

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “rangi”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 376-7
• “rangi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
• Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎^[2], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 391-4

rangi

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ranger
2. inflection of rangir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

From Proto-Polynesian *laŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *laŋit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC.

rangi

1. sky
2. cloud

Borrowed from Omani Arabic رنج (rang), from Persian رنگ (rang).^[1]

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rangi class IX (plural rangi class X)

1. colour, pigment

   Synonym: launi

• chai ya rangi
• rangi ya kucha
• rangi ya mdomo

• → Kikuyu: rangi
• → Lingala: lángi
• → Tooro: erangi

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾa.ŋi]

rangi

1. (transitive) to coil around

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

rangi

1. (anatomy) forehead