Kpitamoa

A map of the Lukpanic coast (c. -500 YP). The location of Kpitamoa is indicated.

• Kpitamoa

Kpitamoa is a city on the Lukpanic coast of western Peilaš, located on the eastern coast of the Naunupai peninsula, to the south of Naəgbum. In the early 1st millennium BP, the Lukpanic city-state was besieged several times by Coastal Western invaders, and it was finally conquered in -771 YP. After this, the town (now known as Pítau) became the capital of a small Doayâu-speaking kingdom, and it remained a trade port of regional significance for several centuries.

Names

Language	Name	Pronunciation	Etymology
Proto-Lukpanic	Kpitamoa	[k͡piˈta.mo.a]	"butter harbor"
Fu Pitão	Pitão	[ˈpʰi.tão̯]	← PL Kpitamoa
Ru Negwẽ	Kwetãoa	[kʷəˈtã.o.a]	← PL Kpitamoa
Hu Shĩmyashta	Titãwa	[tiˈtã.wa]	← PL Kpitamoa
U Ishe	Kitåmo	[kʰiˈtʰɒ.mo]	← PL Kpitamoa
U Adonupu	Kpitamo	[ˈk͡pi.tɑ.mo]	← PL Naəgbum
Doayâu	Pítau	[ˈpʰí.tɑ̂ʊ̯]	← Kp.L. Pitão (borrowed)
Ìletlégbàku	Kpitàu	[ˈkʷi.tɑ̤̀w]	← Kp.L. Pitão (borrowed; from an earlier stage of the dialect)
Ishoʻu ʻOhu	Kitòamo	[ˈkʰi.tʰɔ̀.mo]	← I.L. Kitåmo (borrowed)
U Bol	Pítomo	[ˈpi.to.mo]	← D.L. Kpitamo (borrowed)
O Ayōndui	Pitomo	[ˈpi.to.mo]	← UB Pítomo (borrowed)

See also

• Kpitamoa Lukpanic (Fu Pitão)
• Doayâu

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