taŋata

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *taŋata. Cognates include Hawaiian kanaka, Maori tangata, and Tongan tangata.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ˈŋa.ta/
• Hyphenation: ta‧ŋa‧ta

Noun

taŋata (plural ŋāŋata)

1. human being
2. man
3. person

Derived terms

• taŋata manu
• taŋata roŋo
• taŋata roŋoroŋo

 

References

• Veronica Du Feu (1996) Rapanui (Descriptive Grammars), Routledge, →ISBN, page 205
• “tangata”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN
• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎^[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 52