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tangi

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Maori.

Noun

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tangi (plural tangis)

  1. Synonym of tangihanga
    • 1906, The District Court and Magistrate's Court Reports:
      He goes on to say that the Government, The Maori Sanitary Councils, and the Native Land Court have endeavoured to prevent Maori tangis lasting for more than three or four days []

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse tangi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tangi m (genitive singular tanga, nominative plural tangar)

  1. spit, narrow peninsula
    Synonym: nes

Declension

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Italian

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Verb

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tangi

  1. inflection of tangere:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Javanese

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Romanization

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tangi

  1. Romanization of ꦠꦔꦶ

Kapingamarangi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *taŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *taŋis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis, from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis.

Verb

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tangi

  1. (intransitive) to cry (to weep)

Kavalan

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Adverb

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tangi

  1. now
  2. today

Latin

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Verb

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tangī

  1. present passive infinitive of tangō

Maori

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtaŋi/, [ˈtɐŋi]

Noun

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tangi

  1. weeping, mourning, lament
  2. sound
    • 2018, “Rū Ana Te Whenua”, performed by Alien Weaponry:
      Whakarongo mai ki te tangi o nga pū i runga i te taumata a Pukehinahina
      Listen to the sound of the guns on the hilltop of Pukehinahina
  3. (music) pitch
  4. intonation

Verb

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tangi (passive tangihia)

  1. (intransitive) to cry (to weep)
  2. to sing, to make a sound

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tagi”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
  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

Further reading

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  • Williams, Herbert William (1917) “tangi”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 443
  • tangi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *tang-, related to *tangō (pliers, tongs).

Noun

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tangi m (genitive tanga)

  1. tang, cape (point of land)

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: tangi
  • Faroese: tangi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tange; (dialectal) tangi, tångje
  • Swedish: tånge, tång
  • Danish: tange

References

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  • tangi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

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Verb

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tangi

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of tanger

Pukapukan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *taŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *taŋis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis, from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis.

Noun

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tangi

  1. cry; noise, sound
  2. lament; a death chant
    I te patuanga o Malotini, watu loa lua ona mātutua i tona tangi.
    After the murder of Malotini, his parents composed a lament for him.

Verb

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tangi

  1. (intransitive) to cry (to weep)
    E wea koe e tangi ai?
    Why are you crying?
  2. to call, make a sound (of an animal)
    tangi te kāleva, kai tō te ua.
    When the cuckoo calls, it might rain.

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Further reading

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Rarotongan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *taŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *taŋis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis, from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis.

Verb

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tangi

  1. (intransitive) to cry (to weep)

Swahili

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English tank.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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tangi (ma class, plural matangi)

  1. tank, reservoir (container)

Tagalog

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Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈtaŋiʔ/ [ˈt̪aː.ŋɪʔ] (lone; different; special, adjective; (act of) taking exception; special regard; any kind of first-class rice, noun)
    • IPA(key): /taˈŋiʔ/ [t̪ɐˈŋiʔ] (not asking a favor to avoid giving a favor in return, adjective)
  • Syllabification: ta‧ngi

Adjective

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tangì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅᜒ)

  1. lone; only
    Synonyms: iisa, bugtong, nag-iisa, kaisa-isa
  2. different
    Synonyms: iba, naiiba
  3. special; particular; exceptional

Derived terms

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Noun

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tangì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅᜒ)

  1. act of taking exception
    Synonym: pagtatangi
  2. special regard (for something)
    Synonym: pagtatangi
  3. (Southern Tagalog, in general) any kind of first-class rice

Adjective

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tangî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅᜒ)

  1. not asking the help or favor of anyone in order to avoid being asked for help or a favor (of a person)

Further reading

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  • tangi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

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Tongan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *taŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *taŋis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis, from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis.

Verb

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tangi

  1. (intransitive) to cry; to weep
  2. (intransitive) to howl

References

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  • Churchward, C. Maxwell (1959) Tongan dictionary: Tongan-English and English-Tongan, →OCLC, pages 454-455

Wolio

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis, from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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tangi

  1. to cry

References

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  • Anceaux, Johannes C. 1987. Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia). Dordrecht: Foris.