tamaʻi

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tama-qi- from *tama (“child”).[1]

Noun

tamaʻi

  1. finger
    Synonym: lima
  2. toe
    Synonym: vae

References

  1. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 63
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