Where does “matangi” come from?

matangi (Pukapukan) comes from Proto-Polynesian *mataŋi — wind.

matangi (Pukapukan): wind; breeze

Definitions

  1. wind; breeze

Ancestry of “matangi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Polynesian*mataŋiwind
Every word from Proto-Polynesian *mataŋi