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tamaʻi

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Samoan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *tama-qi- from *tama (child).[1]

Noun

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tamaʻi

  1. finger
    Synonym: lima
  2. toe
    Synonym: vae

References

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  1. ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2016) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volumes 5: People, body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 63