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

1. 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