Tahitian

See also: tahitian

English

Etymology

Tahiti +‎ -an

Noun

Tahitian (plural Tahitians)

1. A native or inhabitant of Tahiti.
2. A person from Tahiti or of Tahitian descent.

Translations

native or inhabitant

• Catalan: tahitià (ca) m
• Esperanto: tahitiano (man or woman), tahitianino (woman)
• French: Tahitien (fr) m, Tahitienne (fr) f, Tahititien (fr) m
• German: Tahitianer m, Tahitier m, Tahitianerin f, Tahitierin f
• Hawaiian: Kahiki
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• Italian: tahitiano m, tahitiana f
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Tahityan
• Polish: Tahitańczyk (pl) m, Tahitanka (pl) f
• Romanian: tahitian m, tahitiană f
• Volapük: Tahiteänan (male or female), hi-Tahiteänan (male), ji-Tahiteänan (female)

Proper noun

Tahitian

1. The Polynesian language of Tahiti.

Translations

language

• Armenian: տահիտի (hy) (tahiti)
• Basque: tahitiera
• Catalan: tahitià (ca) m
• Chichewa: Chitahiti
• Danish: tahitisk c
• Finnish: tahiti (fi)
• French: tahitien (fr) m
• German: Tahitisch (de) n
• Hawaiian: ʻōlelo Kahiki
• Kurdish:
• Malagasy: tahisianina, fiteny tahisiana
• Maori: reo Tahiti
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tahitisk m

  Nynorsk: tahitisk m

• Pitcairn-Norfolk: Tahityan
• Polish: (język) tahitański (pl)
• Portuguese: taitiano (pt) m
• Romanian: tahitiană f
• Russian: таитянский (ru) (taitjanskij)
• Tahitian: reo Tahiti, reo Mā’ohi
• Volapük: Tahiteänapük
• Yiddish: טאַהיטיאַן (tahityan)
• Zulu: LesiTahiti

Adjective

Tahitian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Tahiti, or to its people or language.

Translations

relating to Tahiti

• Catalan: tahitià (ca)
• French: tahitien (fr) m
• German: tahitianisch, tahitisch
• Hawaiian: Kahiki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tahitisk

  Nynorsk: tahitisk

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• Polish: tahitański (pl)
• Romanian: tahitian
• Volapük: Tahiteänik (island), Tahiteänanik (people), Tahiteänapükik (language)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tahitian terms
• Appendix:Tahitian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Tahitian

Further reading

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