# tangi
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Maori.

### Noun

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

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

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse tangi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtʰauɲcɪ/
* Rhymes: -auɲcɪ

### Noun

tangi m (genitive singular tanga, nominative plural tangar)
* spit, narrow peninsula
    Synonym: nes

#### Declension
## Italian
### Verb

tangi
* inflection of tangere:
** second-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* tigna, tinga

## Javanese
### Romanization

tangi
* Romanization of ꦠꦔꦶ

## Kapingamarangi
### Etymology

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

### Verb

tangi
* (intransitive) to cry (to weep)

## Kavalan
### Adverb

tangi
* now
* today

## Latin
### Verb

tangī
* present passive infinitive of tangō

## Maori
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtaŋi/, [ˈtɐŋi]

### Noun

tangi
* weeping, mourning, lament
* sound
** 2018, “Rū Ana Te Whenua”, performed by Alien Weaponry:Whakarongo mai ki te tangi o nga pū i runga i te taumata a PukehinahinaListen to the sound of the guns on the hilltop of Pukehinahina
* (music) pitch
* intonation

### Verb

tangi (passive tangihia)
* (intransitive) to cry (to weep)
* to sing, to make a sound

### Derived terms

* tangihanga
* tangitangi
* tangiweto
* whakatangi

### References

* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tagi”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 320-2

### Further reading

* Williams, Herbert William (1917) “tangi”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 443
* “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)
* tang, cape (point of land)

#### Descendants

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

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “tangi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Portuguese
### Verb

tangi
* 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
* 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

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

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

### Further reading

* Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

## Rarotongan
### Etymology

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

### Verb

tangi
* (intransitive) to cry (to weep)

## Swahili
### Alternative forms

* tenki

### Etymology

Borrowed from English tank.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

tangi class V (plural matangi class VI)
* tank, reservoir (container)

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

tangì (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅᜒ)
* lone; only
    Synonyms: iisa, bugtong, nag-iisa, kaisa-isa
* different
    Synonyms: iba, naiiba
* special; particular; exceptional

#### Derived terms

* bukod-tangi
* itangi
* katangi-tangi
* katangian
* magtangi
* mamukod-tangi
* matangi
* natatangi
* pagtatangi
* pagtatangi-tangi
* pantangi
* pangngalang pantangi
* tanging-tangi

### Noun

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

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

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

### Anagrams

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

## Tongan
### Etymology

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

### Verb

tangi
* (intransitive) to cry; to weep
* (intransitive) to howl

### References

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

## Wolio
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taŋi/

### Verb

tangi
* to cry

### References

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