tangata

== Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *taŋata from Proto-Oceanic *tamʷata, cognate with Hawaiian kanaka, Tahitian taʻata and Samoan tagata. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaŋata/ [ˈtɐŋɐtɐ] === Noun === tangata (irregular plural tāngata) human being, person, man ==== Derived terms ==== tangata māori tangata whenua tautangata === 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[2], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 464-5 == Tongan == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian *taŋata. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ta.ŋa.ta/ === Noun === tangata man human being