Wiktionary

rangi

Esperanto edit

Etymology edit

From rango (“rank”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

rangi (present rangas, past rangis, future rangos, conditional rangus, volitive rangu)

  1. (intransitive) to rank

Kikuyu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Swahili rangi, ultimately from Persian رنگ (rang).[1]

Pronunciation edit

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun edit

rangi class 14 (plural marangi)[1]

  1. colour

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “rangi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 370. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.

Maori edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *laŋi (compare with Hawaiian lani, Samoan lagi), from Proto-Oceanic *laŋit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit (compare with Malay langit, Malagasy lanitra), from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC (“sky”).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ra.ŋi/, [ɾɐ.ŋi]

Noun edit

rangi

  1. sky, heaven
  2. day
    Synonyms: ao, rā
  3. weather
    Synonym: huarere
  4. tune, air, melody

References edit

  • “rangi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
  • Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎[2], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 391-4

Portuguese edit

Verb edit

rangi

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ranger
  2. inflection of rangir:
    1. first-person singular preterite indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Rapa Nui edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Polynesian *laŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *laŋit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC.

Noun edit

rangi

  1. sky
  2. cloud

Swahili edit

 
Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Omani Arabic [script needed] (rang), from Persian رنگ (rang).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun edit

rangi (n class, plural rangi)

  1. colour, pigment

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • → Kikuyu: rangi
  • → Tooro: erangi

See also edit

Colors in Swahili · rangi (layout · text)
     -eupe      -a kijivujivu ; -a kijivu      -eusi
             -ekundu              -a machungwa; -a hudhurungi ; -a kahawia              -a manjano ; -a kimanjano ; -a njano ; -a dhahabu
             -a manjani giza              -a kibichi ; -a kijani              -a manjani mwangaza
             -a bluu mwangaza              -a samawati              -a bluu
             -a urujuani              -a zambarau              -a waridi ; -a pinki

References edit

  1. ^ Brook, Zev (2022) “Which Arabic Dialect Are Swahili Words From?”, in Studia Orientalia Electronica‎[1], volume 10, number 1, page 8 of 1-10: “‘Color’, Sw rangi. From OAr reng (R: 72) / ráng (N: 96), from Persian rang.”

Ternate edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

rangi

  1. (transitive) to coil around

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of rangi
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st torangi forangi mirangi
2nd norangi nirangi
3rd Masculine orangi irangi, yorangi†
Feminine morangi
Neuter irangi
† - archaic

References edit

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tiruray edit

Noun edit

rangi

  1. (anatomy) forehead
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