taŋata
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Rapa Nui[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Polynesian *taŋata. Cognates include Hawaiian kanaka, Maori tangata, and Tongan tangata.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
taŋata (plural ŋāŋata)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- 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