tangata
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Maori[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *taŋata
Noun[edit]
tangata (irregular plural tāngata)
- human being, person, man
- 1858, Francis Dart Fenton, The Laws of England, Compiled and translated into the Māori language[1]:
- Ta ratou, ma te tangata mate i te mahi he a tetahi, ma nga whanaung ranei o te tangata i patua, ma ratou tonu e whakawa te tangata hara, ma ratou tonu e whiu, e whakamate ranei, me he mea ka tika ki to ratou na whakaaro kia mate ia.
- With them, it is usual for the man who has been injured, or for the relations of a man slain, not only to judge, but to punish the offender, and even, if they think it just that he should die, to kill him
- Ta ratou, ma te tangata mate i te mahi he a tetahi, ma nga whanaung ranei o te tangata i patua, ma ratou tonu e whakawa te tangata hara, ma ratou tonu e whiu, e whakamate ranei, me he mea ka tika ki to ratou na whakaaro kia mate ia.
- 1858, Francis Dart Fenton, The Laws of England, Compiled and translated into the Māori language[1]:
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Rapa Nui[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *taŋata
Noun[edit]
tangata (plural ngangata)
Derived terms[edit]
Tongan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *taŋata
Noun[edit]
tangata
