tangata
Rapa Nui
noun
Definitions
- human being
- man
- person
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Polynesian *taŋata.
Origin
Proto-Polynesian
*taŋata
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- kanaka Hawaiian
- tangata Maori
- *taŋata Proto-Polynesian
- manu Rapa Nui
- rongo Rapa Nui
- rongorongo Rapa Nui
- tangata manu Rapa Nui
- tangata rongo Rapa Nui
- tangata rongorongo Rapa Nui
- tagata Samoan
- tangata Tongan (Tonga Islands)
- taʻata Tahitian
- tagata Tuvaluan
- tagata Wallisian