tahito
Maori
Alternative forms
- tawhito
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tafito.
Adjective
tahito
Noun
tahito
Verb
tahito
- to be old, ancient, out of date
Usage notes
Not used of people in Classical Maori.
References
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “TAFITO.B”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
Tahitian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tafito.
Adjective
tahito
References
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “tahito” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “TAFITO.B”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559