Protoform: -GA [OC] Gerundive suffix
| Description: | Gerundive suffix |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic |
| Notes: | *4 POC *-an(a) "deriving n. of position from v." (Ply. 1976). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | -nga | Substantive suffix, often used to change a verb to a noun | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | -ga | Gerundive suffix | (Gzl) |
| Hawaiian | -na | Gerundive suffix | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | -nga | Gerundive suffix | (Lbr) |
| Marquesas | -ka | Noun derivative suffix | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | -na | Suffixe qui dans les iles du sud sert à former les noms | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Nà | A postfix added to verbs and adjectives to convert them to substantives | (Crk) |
| New Zealand Maori | -(C)(a)nga | Gerundive suffix | (Bgs) |
| Niue | -nga | Gerundive suffix | (McE) |
| Penrhyn | -nga | Nominalizing suffix | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | -nga | Gerundive suffix | (Sby) |
| Rapa | -nga | Participial suffix, present tense | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | -nga | Gerundive suffix | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | -nga | Nominaliser | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | -ga | Gerundive suffix | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | -ʔa | Gerundive suffix | (Lmt) |
| Tikopia | -nga | Gerundive suffix | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | -ga | Suffix added to verbs, to form nouns | (Sma) |
| Tongan | -nga | Gerundive suffix | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | -ŋa | Gerundive suffix | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | -ga | Gerundive suffix | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | -nga | Suffix forming nouns from verbs | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | -ga | Nominalising suffix | (Dty) |
| West Uvea | -Nga | Suffixe marquant l'endroit, le lieu de l'action | (Hmn) |
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