Tahitian

See also: tahitian

English

Etymology

Tahiti +‎ -an

Noun

Tahitian (plural Tahitians)

A native or inhabitant of Tahiti.
A person from Tahiti or of Tahitian descent.

Translations

native or inhabitant

Catalan: tahitià (ca) 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
Romanian: tahitian m, tahitiană f
Volapük: Tahiteänan (male or female), hi-Tahiteänan (male), ji-Tahiteänan (female)

Proper noun

Tahitian

The Polynesian language of Tahiti.

Translations

language

Armenian: տահիտի (hy) (tahiti)
Basque: tahitiera
Catalan: tahitià (ca) m
Chichewa: Chitahiti
Finnish: tahiti (fi)
French: tahitien (fr) m
German: Tahitisch (de) n
Hawaiian: ʻōlelo Kahiki
Kurdish: tahitî‎ (tahitî)
Malagasy: tahisianina, fiteny tahisiana
Maori: reo Tahiti

Norwegian:
Bokmål: tahitisk m

Nynorsk: tahitisk m
Pitcairn-Norfolk: Tahityan
Portuguese: taitiano (pt) m
Romanian: tahitiană f
Russian: таитянский (ru) (taitjanskij)
Tahitian: reo Tahiti, reo Mā’ohi
Volapük: Tahiteänapük
Yiddish: טאַהיטיאַן‎ (tahityan)
Zulu: LesiTahiti

Adjective

Tahitian (not comparable)

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

Translations

relating to Tahiti

Catalan: tahitià (ca)
French: tahitien (fr) m
German: tahitianisch, tahitisch
Hawaiian: Kahiki
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tahitisk

Nynorsk: tahitisk

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

Ethnologue entry for Tahitian, ty

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