Protoform: TAMA-TAQANE [PN] Boy,young man

Description: Boy,young man
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*0 << PN *tama.1 "child", *taqane "man, male"
*1 Cf. PN *tama-fafine "female child"

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Kapingamarangi Dama daane Boy (Lbr)
New Zealand Maori Tama-taane Son (Wms)
Niue Tama taane Male child, boy (Sph)
Nuguria Tama taane Young unmarried men, teenagers (Dvl)
Nukuoro Dama daane Boy, young man (Crl)
Pukapuka Tama taane Son (Bge)
Rennellese Tama taŹ”ane Mischievous or disobedient boy; male, but not a lineage head; male of low prestige, as one born out of wedlock (Ebt)
Samoan Tamataane A boy; the son of a woman; young men (Prt)
Takuu Tama taane Adolescent male, boy (Mle)
Tokelau Tamataane Boy, son; division of a kaainga made up of sons of the founding couple and all their descendants... (Sma)
Tuvalu Tamataane Young man (Rby)
West Futuna Tama tane Boy child (Dty)
West Futuna Mtane Boy, youth, young man (Dty)
West Futuna Tamtane Jeune homme (circoncis) (Rve)

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