2014. december 18., csütörtök

Tahitian word of the day- Tree

Tree - rāʻau

Tahitian word of the day - Banana

banana - rima

Tahitian word of the day- Apple

apple-ma

Tahitian word of the day - Flower

Tahitian word of the day - Flower

Flower - pua, tiareb

Tahitian word of the day - Vinegar

Tahitian word of the day - Vinegar

Vinegar - Vineta, vinita

Tahitian language

Tahitian (Reo Mā'ohi or Reo Tahiti in Tahitian) is an indigenous language spoken mainly in the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It is an Eastern Polynesian language closely related to the other indigenous languages spoken in French Polynesia: Marquesan, Tuamotuan, Mangarevan, and Austral Islands languages. It is also related to the Rarotongan, New Zealand Māori, and Hawaiian languages, and distantly to Malay, Tagalog and Malagasy.

Tahitian was first transcribed from the oral spoken language into writing by missionaries of the London Missionary Society in the early 19th century.