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tahi

Pronunciation: /tahi/

“tahi” is a Malay word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. excrement, feces, droppings
  2. muck, filth, dregs
  3. person with an affinity to something

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqi. Cognate with Paiwan caqi, Tagalog tae, Malagasy tay, Palauan dach, Samoan tae.

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