Where does “tama” come from?

tama (Tagalog) comes from Greenlandic tamaq, from Proto-Inuit *tama-Г-, from Proto-Eskimo *tama(ŋ)-.

tama (Tagalog): correct; right; hit; strike; shot

Definitions

  1. correct; right; hit; strike; shot

Ancestry of “tama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Greenlandictamaqall, whole
2Proto-Inuit*tama-Г-—
3Proto-Eskimo*tama(ŋ)-—

Words derived from “tama”

Every word from Proto-Eskimo *tama(ŋ)- →Every word from Proto-Inuit *tama-Г- →Every word from Greenlandic tamaq →