Where does “fa'atama” come from?

fa'atama (Samoan) comes from Samoan fa'a, from Proto-Polynesian faka — like.

fa'atama (Samoan): a tomboy; more generally, a biologically female...

Definitions

  1. a tomboy; more generally, a biologically female...

Ancestry of “fa'atama”, step by step

fa'atama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Samoan fa'a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Samoanfa'ain the manner of; in fashion
2Proto-Polynesianfakalike

via Samoan tama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Samoantamaboy; child
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