tangi
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Maori.
Noun edit
tangi (plural tangis)
- 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 […]
Anagrams edit
Icelandic edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tangi m (genitive singular tanga, nominative plural tangar)
Declension edit
Italian edit
Verb edit
tangi
- inflection of tangere:
Anagrams edit
Javanese edit
Romanization edit
tangi
- Romanization of ꦠꦔꦶ
Kapingamarangi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *taŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *taŋis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis, from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis.
Verb edit
tangi
- (intransitive) to cry (to weep)
Kavalan edit
Adverb edit
tangi
Latin edit
Verb edit
tangī
Maori edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *taŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *taŋis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis (compare with Malay tangis), from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tangi
- weeping, mourning, lament
- sound, intonation
- 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
- (music) pitch
Verb edit
tangi (passive tangihia)
- (intransitive) to cry (to weep)
- to sing, make a sound
Derived terms edit
References edit
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *tang-, related to *tangō (“pliers, tongs”).
Noun edit
tangi m (genitive tanga)
Declension edit
Descendants edit
- Icelandic: tangi
- Faroese: tangi
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tange; (dialectal) tangi, tångje
- Swedish: tånge, tång
- Danish: tange
- Norwegian Bokmål: tange
References edit
- “tangi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
tangi
Pukapukan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *taŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *taŋis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis, from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis.
Noun edit
tangi
- cry; noise, sound
- 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 edit
tangi
- (intransitive) to cry (to weep)
- E wea koe e tangi ai?
- Why are you crying?
- to call, make a sound (of an animal)
- Kē tangi te kāleva, kai tō te ua.
- When the cuckoo calls, it might rain.
Derived terms edit
- tangiwia (“to be mourned for, weep over”)
- tangitangi (“to cry a lot, weep”)
- wakatangi (“to play a musical instrument”)
Further reading edit
Rarotongan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *taŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *taŋis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis, from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis.
Verb edit
tangi
- (intransitive) to cry (to weep)
Swahili edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
Tagalog edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog)
- Syllabification: ta‧ngi
Adjective edit
tangì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅᜒ)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
tangì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅᜒ)
- act of taking exception
- Synonym: pagtatangi
- special regard (for something)
- Synonym: pagtatangi
- (Southern Tagalog, in general) any kind of first-class rice
Adjective edit
tangî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅᜒ)
- not asking the help or favor of anyone in order to avoid being asked for help or a favor (of a person)
Further reading edit
- “tangi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Tongan edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Polynesian *taŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *taŋis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis, from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis.
Verb edit
tangi
- (intransitive) to cry; to weep
- (intransitive) to howl
Wolio edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis, from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tangi
- to cry
References edit
- Anceaux, Johannes C. 1987. Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia). Dordrecht: Foris.