rangi

From rango (“rank”) +‎ -i.

• IPA^(key): [ˈranɡi]
• Rhymes: -anɡi
• Hyphenation: ran‧gi

rangi (present rangas, past rangis, future rangos, conditional rangus, volitive rangu)

1. (intransitive) to rank

Borrowed from Swahili rangi, ultimately from Persian رنگ (rang).^[1]

• 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]

rangi class 14 (plural marangi)^[1]

1. colour

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ra.ŋi/, [ɾɐ.ŋi]

rangi

1. sky, heaven
2. day

   Synonyms: ao, rā

3. weather

   Synonym: huarere

4. tune, air, melody

• “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^[2], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 391-4

rangi

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ranger
2. inflection of rangir:
   1. first-person singular preterite indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

From Proto-Polynesian *laŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *laŋit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC.

rangi

1. sky
2. cloud

Borrowed from Omani Arabic رنج (rang), from Persian رنگ (rang).^[1]

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rangi (n class, plural rangi)

1. colour, pigment

   Synonym: launi

• chai ya rangi

• → Kikuyu: rangi
• → Tooro: erangi

Colors in Swahili · rangi (layout · text)

-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

• IPA^(key): [ˈɾa.ŋi]

rangi

1. (transitive) to coil around

Conjugation of rangi
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	torangi	forangi	mirangi
2nd	norangi	nirangi
3rd	Masculine	orangi	irangi, yorangi†
Feminine	morangi
Neuter	irangi
† - archaic

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

rangi

1. (anatomy) forehead