tagi
Fijian
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Proto-Central Pacific *taŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *taŋis , from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis , from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis , from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis .
Verb
[edit ]tagi (transitive tagica or tagivaka ) (intransitive )
- to cry, to weep (to shed tears)
- Kua ni tagi.
- Don't cry.
- Sa tagi na gone.
- The child is crying.
- to cry (of animals, to make characteristic sounds)
- Sa tagi na toa.
- The rooster is crowing.
- to cry for, to mourn [transitive ]
- Era tagica na nodra tama.
- They're mourning their father.
- to cry about [transitive ]
- O tagivaka na cava?
- What are you crying about?
- to sing (a song or traditional meke) [transitive ]
- Era tagica na sere.
- They're singing the song.
Usage notes
[edit ]For the transitive sense of "to cry about", use tagivaka . Otherwise, use tagica .
Derived terms
[edit ]- gone dau tagitagi ("cry-baby")
- itagitagi ("larynx, vocal chords, throat")
- ivakatagi ("instrumental music")
- sega ni tagi na toa mai nomudou me rogo mai ki ke ("your local big shot means nothing here", literally "the rooster that crows from your place is not heard here") (idiom)
- tagi ivalu ("declaration of war, call to arms")
- tagi yaso ("to cry desperately, howl")
- tagica ("soprano (music)")
- tagilitia ("medicinal herb, Vernonia cinerea ")
- tagimaucia , tagimoucia ("climbing plant with red and white flowers, Medinilla waterhousei ")
- tagitagi ("crying (adj.), tearful; to continue crying")
- tagitagica na yaloka ni mata ni vonu ("to yearn for the impossible", literally "cry like the eyes of a turtle") (idiom)
- tagitagikaua ("to cry endlessly; lionfish")
- vakatagi ("to play (musical instrument)")
- vakatagi sici ("to blow the horn (car)")
See also
[edit ]- ole ("to cry out loudly")
Noun
[edit ]tagi
- cry, weeping
- Au rogoca na nodra tagi.
- I hear their crying.
- call, cry (characteristic sound of an animal)
References
[edit ]- Gatty, Ronald (2009), "tagi", in Fijian–English Dictionary[1] , Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 249
Finnish
[edit ]Alternative forms
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]tagi
Declension
[edit ]| Inflection of tagi (Kotus type 5/risti , no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tagi | tagit | |
| genitive | tagin | tagien | |
| partitive | tagia | tageja | |
| illative | tagiin | tageihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | tagi | tagit | |
| accusative | nom. | tagi | tagit |
| gen. | tagin | ||
| genitive | tagin | tagien | |
| partitive | tagia | tageja | |
| inessive | tagissa | tageissa | |
| elative | tagista | tageista | |
| illative | tagiin | tageihin | |
| adessive | tagilla | tageilla | |
| ablative | tagilta | tageilta | |
| allative | tagille | tageille | |
| essive | tagina | tageina | |
| translative | tagiksi | tageiksi | |
| abessive | tagitta | tageitta | |
| instructive | — | tagein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Further reading
[edit ]- "tagi", in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
Japanese
[edit ]Romanization
[edit ]tagi
Niuean
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Proto-Polynesian *taŋi , from Proto-Oceanic *taŋis , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis , from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis .
Verb
[edit ]tagi
- (intransitive ) to weep; to cry
- (intransitive ) to moan; to groan
References
[edit ]- Wolfgang B. Sperlich, editor (1997), Tohi Vagahau Niue—Niue Language Dictionary[3] , Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 289
Samoan
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Proto-Polynesian *taŋi , from Proto-Oceanic *taŋis , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis , from Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis .
Verb
[edit ]tagi (plural fetāgisi )
References
[edit ]- George Pratt (1861), Samoan dictionary: English and Samoan and Samoan and English with a short grammar of the Samoan dialect, Matautu, Samoa: London Missionary Society Press
- Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 228
Tabaru
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Proto-North Halmahera *tagi ("to walk").
Pronunciation
[edit ]Verb
[edit ]tagi
- (intransitive ) to go
- 'asa potagi ― then we go
References
[edit ]- Edward A. Kotynski (1988), "Tabaru phonology and morphology", in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics
Tarifit
[edit ]Verb
[edit ]tagi (Tifinagh spelling ⵜⴰⴳⵉ )
Ternate
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]From Proto-North Halmahera *tagi ("to walk").
Pronunciation
[edit ]Verb
[edit ]tagi
- (intransitive ) to walk
- (intransitive ) to go
- tagi sa ge? ― where are (you) going? (literally, "go which that?")
- Ngori totagi mehemehe ― I go slowly
Conjugation
[edit ]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| inclusive | exclusive | |||
| 1st person | totagi | fotagi | mitagi | |
| 2nd person | notagi | nitagi | ||
| 3rd person |
masculine | otagi | itagi yotagi (archaic) | |
| feminine | motagi | |||
| neuter | itagi | |||
References
[edit ]- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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