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Tahitian

Tahitian

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The language spoken on Tahiti and nearby islands
  • noun
  • /təˈhiːʃən/
: tahitiano
  • The Tahitian word for 'hello' is 'ia ora na'.

Examples

  • She is fluent in both French and Tahitian.

  • Researchers have published a new dictionary of the Tahitian language.

  • I love learning Tahitian!

  • Can you speak Tahitian?

  • Researchers have published a new dictionary of the Tahitian language.

  • The Tahitian word for 'hello' is 'ia ora na'.

  • She is fluent in both French and Tahitian.

Synonyms

Tahitian language
vsTahitian
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A language of the Pacific Islands spoken in Tahiti and nearby islands

uses a broader Austronesian classification rather than the narrower Polynesian label

Compounds

Tahitian language
8.2

A language of the Pacific Islands spoken in Tahiti and nearby islands

Surface Forms

Tahitian singular
Tahitian plural

Morphology

Tahitian = Tahiti (transparent) = Tahiti + an

Standard demonym/adjectival formation from the place name 'Tahiti' using the productive suffix '-an', meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Tahitian comes from the island Tahiti and is also the name of the local language; think of it like 'French' or 'Spanish' but 'from Tahiti'. So the word Tahitian can mean the language people speak on the island.