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15 Oct 2026, 02:56 by bogdan “Link Tahitian, Samoan, Marquesan, Lingala, Tlingit and Lower Sorbian forms” current version
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==Etymology==
− The mark on the skin is a borrowing from a Polynesian language,^(AHD 2000)^(Barnhart 1988)^(SOED 2002) compare Tahitian, Samoan and Tongan ta-tau and Marquesan ta-tu,^(SOED 2002)^(NODE 1998)^(Barnhart 1988) “a puncture, a mark made on the skin”.^(Etymonline) Merriam-Webster traces it to Tahitian tatau,^(MWU 2024) and Random House to Marquesan tatu, replacing an earlier tattow from Tahitian.^(RHWU)
+ The mark on the skin is a borrowing from a Polynesian language,^(AHD 2000)^(Barnhart 1988)^(SOED 2002) compare [[ty|tatau]], [[sm|tatau]] and [[to|tatau]], and [[mrq|tatu]],^(SOED 2002)^(NODE 1998)^(Barnhart 1988) “a puncture, a mark made on the skin”.^(Etymonline) Merriam-Webster traces it to [[m|ty|tatau]],^(MWU 2024) and Random House to [[m|mrq|tatu]], replacing an earlier tattow from Tahitian.^(RHWU)
==Earliest recorded meaning==