taŋata
Rapa Nui
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *taŋata. Cognates include Hawaiian kanaka and Maori tangata.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.ˈŋa.ta/
- Hyphenation: ta‧ŋa‧ta
Noun
taŋata (plural ŋāŋata)
- human being
- man
- 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, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 52