Protoform: AALAI [PN] Screen; obstruct, block: *(q)aala(q)i
| Description: | Screen; obstruct, block: *(q)aala(q)i |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PPN *qaa "wall, fence". |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian | Aalai | Screen | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | Aarai | Put obstacle in path, prevent, stop, shield. Guerrier au premier rang en combat; obstacle; empêcher, retenir, mettre obstacle | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Arai | To prohibit; something prohibited | (Bck) |
| Moriori | Arai | Barricade | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Aarai | Screen | (Wms) |
| Niue | Alai-a | Obstruct, stop up, block | (McE) |
| Penrhyn | Aarai | Hinder; curtain | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Aalai | That which wards off, protects or defends as barrier; reef, in the sense of the outside reef considered as warding off the sea and protecting the land; reef heads and barriers in the lagoon | (Bge) |
| Raʔivavae | Aarai | To ward off, keep or push back from, prevent the approach of; to screen off, interpose and obstruction...protect, shield; to mediate | (Stn) |
| Rarotongan | Aarai | Screen | (Bse) |
| Tahitian | Aarai | Protect. S' interposer, empêcher (Lmt). | (Wte) |
| Tokelau | Aalai | Reef inside the lagoon | (Sma) |
| Tuamotu | Aarai | Screen v | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Aalai | Fence; cut off fugitive with pincer movement ; wall | (Rby) |
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