rangi
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== Esperanto ==
=== Etymology ===
From rango (“rank”) + -i.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈranɡi/
Rhymes: -anɡi
Syllabification: ran‧gi
=== Verb ===
rangi (present rangas, past rangis, future rangos, conditional rangus, volitive rangu)
(intransitive) to rank
=== Further reading ===
“rangi”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
“rangi”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
< French rang
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈrɑŋːi/, [ˈrɑ̝ŋːi]
Rhymes: -ɑŋːi
Syllabification(key): ran‧gi
Hyphenation(key): ran‧gi
=== Noun ===
rangi
(linear algebra) rank
Synonym: aste
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“rangi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 14 May 2026
== Kikuyu ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Swahili rangi, ultimately from Persian رنگ (rang).
=== Pronunciation ===
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.
=== Noun ===
rangi class 14 (plural marangi)
colour
=== References ===
== Māori ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈraŋi/ [ˈɾɐŋi]
=== Etymology 1 ===
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”).
==== Noun ====
rangi
sky, heaven
ngā rangi tūhāhā ― the separated heavens
Toi-o-ngā-rangi ― the summit of the heavens, uppermost of the twelve heavens in some Maori legends
weather
Synonym: huarere
tune, air, melody
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Proto-Oceanic *raqani (“daytime, daylight”).
==== Noun ====
rangi
daytime, day, period of brightness from morning to afternoon
Synonyms: ao, rā
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
Williams, Herbert William (1917), “rangi”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, pages 376–7
John C. Moorfield (2011), “rangi”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN
Tregear, Edward (1891), “rangi”, in Maori–Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[4], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 391–4
== Portuguese ==
=== Verb ===
rangi
first-person singular preterite indicative of ranger
inflection of rangir:
first-person singular preterite indicative
second-person plural imperative
== Rapa Nui ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Polynesian *laŋi, from Proto-Oceanic *laŋit, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC.
=== Noun ===
rangi
sky
cloud
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Omani Arabic رنج (rang), from Persian رنگ (rang).
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
rangi class IX (plural rangi class X)
colour, pigment
Synonym: launi
==== Derived terms ====
chai ya rangi
rangi ya kucha
rangi ya mdomo
==== Descendants ====
→ Kikuyu: rangi
→ Lingala: lángi
→ Tooro: erangi
=== See also ===
=== References ===
== Ternate ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈɾa.ŋi]
=== Verb ===
rangi
(transitive) to coil around
==== Conjugation ====
=== References ===
Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
== Tiruray ==
=== Noun ===
rangi
(anatomy) forehead