Tahitian

Noun

mataiʻi

1. wind (air moves)
2. (physics, meteorology) air (the gases mixture)

Usage notes

Do not confuse with maitaʻi.

References

• Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
• “mataiʻi” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.