Tahitian

Tahitian

See also: tahitian

English

Etymology

Tahiti +‎ -an

Noun

Tahitian (plural Tahitians)

1. A native or inhabitant of Tahiti.
   • 1847 March 30, Herman Melville, Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas; […], London: John Murray, […], OCLC 364546898:

     Doubtless, in thus denationalizing the Tahitians, as it were, the missionaries were prompted by a sincere desire for good; […]

2. A person from Tahiti or of Tahitian descent.

Translations

native or inhabitant

Catalan: tahitià (ca) m Dutch: Tahitiaan m Esperanto: tahitiano (man or woman), tahitianino (woman) French: Tahitien (fr) m, Tahitienne (fr) f, Tahititien (fr) m German: Tahitianer m, Tahitier m, Tahitianerin f, Tahitierin f Hawaiian: Kahiki Italian: tahitiano m, tahitiana f Pitcairn-Norfolk: Tahityan Polish: Tahitańczyk (pl) m, Tahitanka (pl) f Romanian: tahitian m, tahitiană f Turkish: Tahitili Volapük: Tahiteänan (male or female), hi-Tahiteänan (male), ji-Tahiteänan (female)

Proper noun

Tahitian

1. The Polynesian language of Tahiti.

Translations

language

Armenian: տահիտի (hy) (tahiti) Basque: tahitiera Catalan: tahitià (ca) m Chichewa: Chitahiti Danish: tahitisk c Dutch: Tahitiaans (nl) n Finnish: tahiti (fi) French: tahitien (fr) m German: Tahitisch (de) n Hawaiian: ʻōlelo Kahiki Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: tahitî Malagasy: tahisianina, fiteny tahisiana Maori: reo Tahiti Norwegian: Bokmål: tahitisk m Nynorsk: tahitisk m Pitcairn-Norfolk: Tahityan Polish: (język) tahitański (pl) Portuguese: taitiano (pt) m Romanian: tahitiană f Russian: таитянский (ru) (taitjanskij) Tahitian: reo Tahiti, reo Mā’ohi Turkish: Tahitice Volapük: Tahiteänapük Yiddish: טאַהיטיאַן‎ (tahityan) Zulu: LesiTahiti

Adjective

Tahitian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Tahiti, or to its people or language.

Translations

relating to Tahiti

Catalan: tahitià (ca) Dutch: Tahitiaans (nl) French: tahitien (fr) m German: tahitianisch, tahitisch Hawaiian: Kahiki Norwegian: Bokmål: tahitisk Nynorsk: tahitisk Polish: tahitański (pl) Romanian: tahitian Volapük: Tahiteänik (island), Tahiteänanik (people), Tahiteänapükik (language)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tahitian terms
• Appendix:Tahitian Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Tahitian

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code ty, ISO 639-3 code tah (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Tahitian, tah ⁠