taʻi

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *taŋi (compare with Maori tangi), from Proto-Oceanic *taŋis (compare with Fijian tagi), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis (compare with Malay tangis), from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis.[1][2]

Verb

taʻi

  1. to cry
  2. to shriek
  3. to squeal

Noun

taʻi

  1. crying, tears
  2. neigh
    Synonym: ʻūʻā
  3. squeak
  4. squeal

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tagi”, 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 (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 320-2

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