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rangi

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From rango (“rank”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to rank

Kikuyu

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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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

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rangi class 14 (plural marangi)[1]

  1. colour

References

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  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

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ra.ŋi/, [ɾɐ.ŋi]

Noun

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rangi

  1. sky, heaven
    ngā rangi tūhāhā ― the separated heavens
    Toi-o-ngā-rangi ― the summit of the heavens, uppermost of the twelve heavens in some Maori legends
  2. day
    Synonyms: ao, rā
  3. weather
    Synonym: huarere
  4. tune, air, melody

Derived terms

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References

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  • “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

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Verb

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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

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Etymology

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

Noun

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rangi

  1. sky
  2. cloud

Swahili

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Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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rangi class IX (plural rangi class X)

  1. colour, pigment
    Synonym: launi

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Kikuyu: rangi
  • → Lingala: lángi
  • → Tooro: erangi

See also

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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

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  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

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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rangi

  1. (transitive) to coil around

Conjugation

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Conjugation of rangi
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person torangi forangi mirangi
2nd person norangi nirangi
3rd
person 		masculine orangi irangi
yorangi (archaic)
feminine morangi
neuter irangi

References

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

Tiruray

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Noun

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rangi

  1. (anatomy) forehead
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