Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/tamʷata

This Proto-Oceanic 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-Oceanic

Etymology

From *taumataq.

Noun

*tamʷata

1. human being, person

Descendants

• Western Oceanic
  • Meso-Melanesian
    • Northwest Solomonic
      • Nehan–Bougainville
        • Nehan: tamat
  • Papuan Tip
    • Kilivila–Misima
      • Kilivila
        • Kilivila: tommota
    • Nuclear Papuan Tip
      • North Papuan Mainland – D'Entrecasteaux
        • Dobu-Duau
          • Dobu: tomota
  • Schouten
    • Kairiru–Manam
      • Manam
        • Manam: tamwata
• Central–Eastern Oceanic
  • Central Pacific: taŋʷata
    • Proto-Polynesian: *taŋata
      • 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
    • West Fijian – Rotuman
      • West Fijian
        • Western Fijian: tamata
    • East Fijian
      • Fijian: tamata