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

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, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 52
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