Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/taŋata

This Proto-Polynesian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Polynesian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *taŋʷata, from Proto-Oceanic *tamʷata, from earlier *taumataq.

Pronunciation

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(singular) IPA^(key): /taˈŋa.ta/
(plural) IPA^(key): /ˈtaː.ŋa.ta/

Noun

*taŋata^[1]

human being, person

Descendants

Proto-Nuclear Polynesian:
- Proto-Eastern Polynesian:
  - Marquesic
    - Hawaiian: kanaka
      - → Hawaiian Creole: kanak
      - → Chinook Jargon: kanaka (or via English)
      - → English: kanaka
        → French: canaque
        → English: Kanak
        → German: Kanake
    - South Marquesan: 'enata
  - Tahitic
    - Maori: tangata
    - Rarotongan: tangata
    - Tahitian: taʻata
  - Rapa Nui: tangata
- Samoic-Outlier
  - Ellicean
    - Tuvaluan: tagata
  - Futunic
    - Wallisian: tagata
  - Samoic
    - Samoan: tagata
    - Tokelauan: tagata
Tongic
- Niuean: tangata
- Tongan: tangata

References

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

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

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