Tasmate is the name of several places inVanuatu.
The termTasmate means etymologically "dead sea" (fromProto-Oceanic *tasik 'sea', *mate 'dead'); it refers to places on the coast where the sea is quieter, and makes landing easier.
In theProto-Torres–Banks language, ancestral toMota andMwerlap, it can be reconstructed as *tasimate.
The name may refer to the following entities: