mataʻi

See also: matai

Tahitian

Te mataʻi

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *mataŋi, see cognates there.

Noun

mataʻi

1. wind (moving air)
2. (physics, meteorology) air (mixture of gases)

Usage notes

Do not confuse with maitaʻi.

References

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “mataʻi” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.