rangi
Esperanto
Etymology
From rango (“rank”) + -i.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈranɡi]
- Rhymes: -anɡi
- Hyphenation: ran‧gi
Verb
rangi (present rangas, past rangis, future rangos, conditional rangus, volitive rangu)
- (intransitive) to rank
Kikuyu
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili rangi, ultimately from Persian رنگ (rang).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾàᵑɡǐ/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 2 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩgunyũ, njagĩ, kiugũ, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including gĩkwa (pl. ikwa), ithangũ (pl. mathangũ), kiugũ, kĩboko, kĩgunyũ, kĩnya, kĩroboto, kĩrũũmi, mbogo, mũcinga, mũgate, mũhaka, mũrangi, mũrũthi, ndaraca, ndirica, njohi, nyũmba, thĩ, and so on.[2]
Noun
rangi class 14 (plural marangi)[1]
- colour
References
- “rangi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 370. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *laŋi (compare with Hawaiian lani, Samoan lagi), from Proto-Oceanic *laŋit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit (compare with Malay langit, Malagasy lanitra), from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC (“sky”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ra.ŋi/, [ɾɐ.ŋi]
Noun
rangi
- sky, heaven
- day
- Synonyms: ao, rā
- weather
- Synonym: huarere
- tune, air, melody
References
- “rangi” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
- Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 391-4
Portuguese
Verb
rangi
- first-person singular preterite indicative of ranger
Rapa Nui
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *laŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *laŋit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC.
Noun
rangi
- sky
- cloud
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Omani Arabic [script needed] (rang), from Persian رنگ (rang).
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
rangi (n class, plural rangi)
- colour, pigment
Derived terms
- chai ya rangi
Descendants
- → Kikuyu: rangi
See also
| -eupe | -a kijivujivu ; -a kijivu | -eusi |
| -ekundu | -a machungwa; -a hudhurungi ; -a kahawia | -a manjano ; -a kimanjano ; -a njano ; -a dhahabu |
| -a manjani giza | -a kibichi ; -a kijani | -a manjani mwangaza |
| -a bluu mwangaza | -a samawati | -a bluu |
| -a urujuani | -a zambarau | -a waridi ; -a pinki |
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɾa.ŋi]
Verb
rangi
- (transitive) to coil around
Conjugation
| Conjugation of rangi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Inclusive | Exclusive | |||
| 1st | torangi | forangi | mirangi | |
| 2nd | norangi | nirangi | ||
| 3rd | Masculine | orangi | irangi, yorangi† | |
| Feminine | morangi | |||
| Neuter | irangi | |||
| † - archaic | ||||
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Tiruray
Noun
rangi
- (anatomy) forehead