tangi

Borrowed from Maori.

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 […]

• Giant, Ngāti, TA'ing, TAing, Taing, anti-g, giant, tagin, tiang, tinga

From Old Norse tangi

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰauɲcɪ/
• Rhymes: -auɲcɪ

tangi m (genitive singular tanga, nominative plural tangar)

1. spit, narrow peninsula

   Synonym: nes

tangi

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

• tigna, tinga

tangi

1. Romanization of ꦠꦔꦶ

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

tangi

1. (intransitive) to cry (to weep)

tangi

1. now
2. today

tangī

1. present passive infinitive of tangō

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋi/, [ˈtɐŋi]

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

tangi (passive tangihia)

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

• tangihanga
• tangitangi
• tangiweto
• whakatangi

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

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

tangi m (genitive tanga)

1. tang, cape (point of land)

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

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

tangi

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of tanger

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

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.

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.

• tangiwia (“to be mourned for, weep over”)
• tangitangi (“to cry a lot, weep”)
• wakatangi (“to play a musical instrument”)

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

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

tangi

1. (intransitive) to cry (to weep)

• tenki

Borrowed from English tank.

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tangi (ma class, plural matangi)

1. tank, reservoir (container)

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋiʔ/ [ˈt̪aː.ŋɪʔ] (“lone; different; special”, adjective; “(act of) taking exception; special regard; any kind of first-class rice”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -aŋiʔ
  • IPA^(key): /taˈŋiʔ/ [t̪ɐˈŋiʔ] (“not asking a favor to avoid giving a favor in return”, adjective)
    • Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: ta‧ngi

tangì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅᜒ)

1. lone; only

   Synonyms: iisa, bugtong, nag-iisa, kaisa-isa

2. different

   Synonyms: iba, naiiba

3. special; particular; exceptional

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

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)

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

• gitna, tinag, ingat, antig, ganti, ating, tinga

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

tangi

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

• Churchward, C. Maxwell (1959) Tongan dictionary: Tongan-English and English-Tongan, →OCLC, pages 454-455

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

• IPA^(key): /taŋi/

tangi

1. to cry

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