tinei

See also: tǐnèi

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *tina-qi[1] – compare with Hawaiian kinai, Rarotongan tinai and tīnai, Tahitian tinai ~ tīnai, Samoan tinai and tinei

Verb

tinei

  1. to extinguish, to put out (of a fire, light)

Derived terms

  • tineinei
  • tinetinei

References

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tina-qi”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551-559
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