Where does “taʻata” come from?
taʻata (Tahitian) comes from Proto-Polynesian taŋata, from Proto-Oceanic *tamʷata.
taʻata (Tahitian): man; human being; person
Ancestry of “taʻata”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Polynesian | taŋata | man, person |
| 2 | Proto-Oceanic | *tamʷata | — |