tāne

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tane"

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *taqane.

Noun

tāne

1. man (adult male human)

Derived terms

• whakatāne (“act like a man”, verb)

Further reading

• “tāne” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *taqane.

Noun

tāne

1. man

Adjective

tāne

1. male

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *taqane.

Noun

tāne

1. man (adult male human)

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *taqane. Cognates include Hawaiian kāne and Samoan tāne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtaː.ne]
• Hyphenation: tā‧ne

Noun

tāne

1. man, male
2. husband

Synonyms

• (man, male): tagata

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 372