Reconstruction:Proto-Oceanic/taumataq

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 *tau (“person”) + *mataq (“fresh, ripe”).

Noun

*taumataq

human being, person

Descendants

Admiralty Islands
- Eastern Admiralty Islands
  - Manus
    - East Manus
      - Ere: dimat
      - Nali: damat
      - Ponam: hamat
    - West Manus
      - Likum: camak
      - Loniu–Mokerang
        Loniu: amat
  - Southeast Admiralty Islands
    - Lou: ramat
- Eastern Admiralty Islands
  - Wuvulu-Aua: kamaʔa
St. Mathias
- Mussau-Emira: taumata
⇒ Proto-Oceanic: *tamʷata
- 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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