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Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *taŋata from Proto-Oceanic *tamʷata, cognate with Hawaiian kanaka, Tahitian taʻata and Samoan tagata.
Pronunciation
Noun
tangata (irregular plural tāngata)
- human being, person, man
1858, Francis Dart Fenton, The Laws of England, Compiled and translated into the Māori language:Ta ratou, ma te tangata mate i te mahi he a tetahi, ma nga whanaung ranei o te tangata i patua, ma ratou tonu e whakawa te tangata hara, ma ratou tonu e whiu, e whakamate ranei, me he mea ka tika ki to ratou na whakaaro kia mate ia.- With them, it is usual for the man who has been injured, or for the relations of a man slain, not only to judge, but to punish the offender, and even, if they think it just that he should die, to kill him
Derived terms
References
- “tangata” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
- Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 464-5
Tongan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *taŋata.
Pronunciation
Noun
tangata
- man
- human being