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

• (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
      • 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