mahi

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Māori mahi. === Noun === mahi (uncountable) (New Zealand) the work required to complete a task ==== Usage notes ==== Often found in the phrase do the mahi. === See also === mahi-mahi == Hawaiian == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *mafi (“strong, powerful, energetic, hardworking”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈma.hi/, [ˈmɐ.hi] === Verb === mahi to cultivate, to farm ==== Derived terms ==== mahiʻai (“farmer”) === Noun === mahi farm, plantation == Lomwe == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Bantu *màjíjɪ̀ === Noun === mahi class 6 water === References === Lomwe Dictionary‎[4], SIL International, 2017 == Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *mafi (“strong, powerful, energetic, hardworking”). === Verb === mahi (passive mahia or mahingia) to work, do, perform, make, accomplish, practise, raise (money) === Noun === mahi work, job, employment, trade (work), practice, occupation, activity, exercise, operation, function abundance, lots of, many, heaps of ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: mahi == Sundanese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mahi/ Hyphenation: ma‧hi === Adjective === mahi (Sundanese script ᮙᮠᮤ) enough; sufficient === Further reading === "MAHI", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij == Tahitian == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *masi (“product of fermentation”), from Proto-Central Pacific *maci, from Proto-Oceanic *maqasin (“salt”), from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qasin, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qasin, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)qasin. Cognates include Māori māhī (“to ferment”) and Samoan masi, as well as Tongan māsima and Samoan māsima (“salt”). === Noun === mahi a meal of fermented ripe breadfruit === References === === Further reading === Lemaître, Yves (1995), Lexique du tahitien contemporain [Current Tahitian lexicon]‎[5] (in French), Paris: Éditions de l'Orstom, →ISBN “mahi” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.