# tahi
## Aklanon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tahiq.

### Verb

tahî
* to sew

## 'Are'are
### Verb

tahi
* to leave

### References

* Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tahiq, from Proto-Austronesian *CaqiS (“to sew”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈhiʔ/ [taˈhiʔ]
* IPA: /taˈʔiʔ/ [taˈʔiʔ] (h-dropping)
* Hyphenation: ta‧hi

### Noun

tahî (Basahan spelling ᜆᜑᜒ or ᜆᜁ)
* stitch
* sewing; stitching

#### Derived terms

* itahi
* katahian
* magtahi
* paratahi
* patahi
* tahion

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tahiq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈhiʔ/ [t̪ɐˈhiʔ]
* Hyphenation: ta‧hi

### Noun

tahî
* stitch

### Verb

tahî
* to sew
* to stitch

#### Derived terms

* mantarahi (“seamstress; dressmaker”)
* tahianan (“dress shop; tailor shop”)
* tahionon (“pieces of cloth to be sewn to create something”)

## Finnish
### Etymology

Older/archaic variant of tai; see it for more.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑhi/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝ɦi]
* Rhymes: -ɑhi
* Hyphenation: ta‧hi

### Conjunction

tahi
* (coordinating, now chiefly law, otherwise dialectal or archaic) or

#### Usage notes

See the usage notes under tai.

### Further reading

* “tahi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* -htia, Ahti, ahti, hait, thai

## Hawaiian
### Numeral

tahi
* Niʻihau form of kahi (“one”)

## Higaonon
### Verb

tahì
* to sew

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay tahi.

### Pronunciation

* (standard) IPA: /ta.hi/
* (nonstandard) IPA: /ta.i/
* Rhymes: -ahi, -hi, -i

### Noun

tahi (plural tahi-tahi)
* excrement, shit, feces
    Synonyms: berak, tinja
* (extension) muck, filth, dregs

#### Alternative forms

* tai (nonstandard, colloquial)
* tokai (prokem)

### See also

* buang air besar

### Further reading

* “tahi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Kanamari
### Noun

tahi
* water
** 2010, F. Queixalós, Grammatical relations in Katukina-Kanamari, in Ergativity in Amazonia, page 258:
    hanian tan wa-dyuman tahi yu?
       who here ANTIPASSIVE-spread water INTERROGATION
          who spread the water here?

## Malay
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqi. Cognate with Paiwan caqi, Tagalog tae, Malagasy tay, Palauan dach, Samoan tae.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tahi/, IPA: /ta.i/
* Rhymes: -ahi, -hi, -i

### Noun

tahi (Jawi spelling تاهي, plural tahi-tahi, informal 1st possessive tahiku, 2nd possessive tahimu, 3rd possessive tahinya)
* excrement, feces, droppings
    Synonyms: berak, tinja, najis
* (by extension) muck, filth, dregs
    tahi kikir: iron filings
    tahi gergaji: sawdust
    tahi besi: rust
    tahi minyak: residue from production of oil from coconut milk, leftover sauted spices or aromatics in a sambal

#### Usage notes

tahi is the only acceptable form in formal writing whereas taik etc is used elsewhere e.g. personal messaging.

#### Alternative forms

* tai, taik (nonstandard, colloquial)

#### Derived terms

* tahi ayam
* tahi besi
* tahi bintang
* tahi hidung
* tahi ketam
* tahi konspirasi
* tahi lalat
* tahi mata
* tahi minyak
* tahi telinga

#### Descendants

* > Indonesian: tahi (inherited)

### References

* Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “تاهي tahi”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 58
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “تاهي tahi”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 156-7
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “tahi”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 514-5

### Further reading

* “tahi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Maori
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tasi, from Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

### Numeral

tahi
* one, single

### Adverb

tahi
* together, as one, in unison.
* simultaneously
* altogether

### Derived terms

* ētahi
* kotahi
* kotahitanga
* tētahi

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Oceanic *tapi (compare with Tongan tafi, Samoan tafi “to brush off, to wipe off”, Fijian tavi “to sweep, to brush lightly, to pat”) merging with Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tapik (“to pat, to slap light” – compare with Tagalog tapík)

### Verb

tahi
* to sweep, to clear away

### Noun

tahi
* sweeping action

### References

* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tapi.1a”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 111

### Further reading

* Williams, Herbert William (1917) “tahi”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 418-9
* “tahi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Mori Bawah
### Noun

tahi
* the sea

### References

* The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, →ISBN, page 684

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqi.

### Noun

tahi
* excrement, feces
* rust
* slag

#### Derived terms

* kapatahi
* matahi-tahi
* tahi hyaṅ
* tahi tikus
* tumahi hyaṅ
* tumahi-wĕsi

#### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦠꦲꦶ (tai) (inherited)

### Further reading

* "tahi" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tasi. Cognates include Hawaiian kahi and Maori tahi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈta.hi/
* Hyphenation: ta‧hi

### Numeral

tahi
* one

### Adverb

tahi
* all, entirely, fully

### References

* Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, pages 203, 205
* Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, pages 147, 173

## South Marquesan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tasi, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

### Numeral

tahi
* one

## Tagalog
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tahiq, from Proto-Austronesian *CaqiS (“to sew”). Cognate with Kavalan tais, tmais, Paiwan tsaqis.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /taˈhiʔ/ [t̪ɐˈhiʔ]
* Rhymes: -iʔ
* Syllabification: ta‧hi

### Noun

tahî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜑᜒ)
* sewing; stitching
    Synonyms: pagtahi, pananahi, pagkatahi
* stitch
* clothing material to be sewn
    Synonym: tahiin

#### Derived terms

* di-tahi
* ipagtahi
* ipanahi
* ipatahi
* makinang panahi
* manahi
* mananahi
* may-tahi
* pagkatahi
* pagtahi
* pananahi
* patahian
* pinagtahian
* tahian
* tahiin
* tahing-kamay
* tahing-makina
* tumahi

### Adjective

tahî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜑᜒ)
* sewn; stitched
    Synonym: tinahi

### Anagrams

* ahit, hati, hita

## Tausug
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tahiq.

### Verb

tahi (used in the form magtahi)
* to sew

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈta.hi]

### Verb

tahi
* (transitive) to pour out

#### Conjugation
### References

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

## Tokelauan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tasi. Cognates include Hawaiian kahi and Samoan tasi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈta.hi]
* Hyphenation: ta‧hi

### Verb

tahi
* (stative) to be one

#### Derived terms

* hetahi
* tētahi

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 375

## Tongan
### Noun

tahi
* sea
* ocean
* beach
* tide

## Tuvaluan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tasi, from Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

### Numeral

tahi
* one

## Zo'é
### Noun

tahi
* ant