tangi

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori.

Noun

tangi (plural tangis)

  1. 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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Noun

tangi m (genitive singular tanga, nominative plural tangar)

  1. spit, narrow peninsula
    Synonym: nes

Declension

declension of tangi
m-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tangi tanginn tangar tangarnir
accusative tanga tangann tanga tangana
dative tanga tanganum töngum töngunum
genitive tanga tangans tanga tanganna

Italian

Verb

tangi

  1. inflection of tangere:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Javanese

Romanization

tangi

  1. Romanization of ꦠꦔꦶ

Kapingamarangi

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *taŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *taŋis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis, from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis.

Verb

tangi

  1. (intransitive) to cry (to weep)

Kavalan

Adverb

tangi

  1. now
  2. today

Latin

Verb

tangī

  1. present passive infinitive of tangō

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *taŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *taŋis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis (compare with Malay tangis), from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis.

Pronunciation

Noun

tangi

  1. weeping, mourning, lament
  2. 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
  3. (music) pitch

Verb

tangi (passive tangihia)

  1. (intransitive) to cry (to weep)
  2. to sing, make a sound

Derived terms

References

  • “tangi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tang-, related to *tangō (“pliers, tongs”).

Noun

tangi m (genitive tanga)

  1. tang, cape (point of land)

Declension

  Declension of tangi (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tangi tanginn tangar tangarnir
accusative tanga tangann tanga tangana
dative tanga tanganum tǫngum tǫngunum
genitive tanga tangans tanga tanganna

Descendants

  • Icelandic: tangi
  • Faroese: tangi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tange; (dialectal) tangi, tångje
  • Swedish: tånge, tång
  • Danish: tange

References

  • “tangi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Verb

tangi

  1. first-person singular preterite indicative of tanger

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *taŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *taŋis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis, from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis.

Noun

tangi

  1. cry; noise, sound
  2. 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

tangi

  1. (intransitive) to cry (to weep)
    E wea koe e tangi ai?
    Why are you crying?
  2. 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

Further reading

Rarotongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *taŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *taŋis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis, from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis.

Verb

tangi

  1. (intransitive) to cry (to weep)

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English tank.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

tangi (ma class, plural matangi)

  1. tank, reservoir (container)

Tagalog

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaŋiʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ngi

Adjective

tangì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅᜒ)

  1. lone; only
    Synonyms: iisa, bugtong, nag-iisa, kaisa-isa
  2. different
    Synonyms: iba, naiiba
  3. special; particular; exceptional
Derived terms

Noun

tangì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅᜒ)

  1. act of taking exception
    Synonym: pagtatangi
  2. special regard (for something)
    Synonym: pagtatangi
  3. (Southern Tagalog, in general) any kind of first-class rice

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /taˈŋiʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ngi

Adjective

tangî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅᜒ)

  1. not asking the help or favor of anyone in order to avoid being asked for help or a favor (of a person)

Further reading

  • “tangi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *taŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *taŋis, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis, from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis.

Verb

tangi

  1. (intransitive) to cry; to weep
  2. (intransitive) to howl

Wolio

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis, from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis.

Pronunciation

Verb

tangi

  1. to cry

References

  • Anceaux, Johannes C. 1987. Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia). Dordrecht: Foris.
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