tamahane

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *qatamʷaqane, from earlier *qatamaʀuqane, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaʀta (“outsider”) +‎ *maʀuqanay (“male”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tamaɣane/

Noun

tamahane

1. man

Further reading

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 364
• Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.