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

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
        → German: Kanake
        South Marquesan: 'enata
        Tahitic
        Maori: tangata
        Rarotongan: tangata
        Tahitian: taʻata
        Hawaiian: kaʻaka
        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

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