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

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

tangi m (genitive singular tanga, nominative plural tangar)

1. spit, narrow peninsula

   Synonym: nes

tangi

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

• tigna, tinga

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

tangi

1. (intransitive) to cry (to weep)

• tangihanga

tangi m

1. tang, cape (point of land)

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

tangi

1. first-person singular preterite of tanger

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

tangi

1. (intransitive) to cry (to weep)

Borrowed from English tank.

tangi (ma class, plural matangi)

1. tank, reservoir (container)