maitaʻi
Tahitian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Polynesian *maqitaki; cognate with Tuamotuan maitaki, Rarotongan meitaki, Rapa maitaki, Austral maitaʻi, North Marquesan meitaʻi, South Marquesan meitaʻi, Hawaiian maikaʻi, Maori maitai.[1]
Adjective
editmaitaʻi (plural maitataʻi) (Raapoto spelling maitaì)
Usage notes
editDo not confuse with mataʻi.
Derived terms
edit- tāmā‘a maita‘i (“bon appetit”)
References
editFurther reading
edit- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “maitaʻi” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.