maitai

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See also: mai tai, maitaʻi, and maita'i

Hawaiian[edit]

Verb[edit]

maitai

  1. Niʻihau form of maikaʻi (“goodness”)
    Maitai au.
    I am good.

Usage notes[edit]

  • In Niihau, diacritics are omitted. If one were to use them, the spelling would be maitaʻi.

Maori[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *maqitaki; compare with Hawaiian maikaʻi and Tahitian maitaʻi.[1]

Adjective[edit]

maitai

  1. good, beautiful, agreeable

Etymology 2[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

maitai

  1. metal
    Synonym: mētara

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “maitaki”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

Further reading[edit]

  • “maitai” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
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