Protoform: AGE [PN] Particle of direction away from speaker and hearer; also used to express comparison
| Description: | Particle of direction away from speaker and hearer; also used to express comparison |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> PN *qaw-age |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Age | Particule tres employe qui marque un rapport a une troisieme personne ou a un lieu different de celui ou l'on est; ...marque aussie le comparatif plus | (Rch) |
| Fijian | Yani | Away Problematic | (Cpl) |
| Ifira-Mele | Age | Postposed particle indicating motion or direction towards a third person | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Ange | Towards the addressee ; away from speaker and listener | (Ebt) |
| Niue | Age | Post-verbal directive indicating orientation away from both speaker and hearer toward a third person (almost exclusively used with verbs of speaking, hitting or giving) | (Sph) |
| Nukuoro | Ange | Away from speaker and hearer; more, farther; again | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Ange | Direction away from speaker and hearer | (Rmn) |
| Rennellese | Ab/ange/ | Give to a third person | (Ebt) |
| Rennellese | Ange | Postposed particle softening entreaties, sometimes with a nuance of emotion (hope, sorrow, pity, affection, pleasure) | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | -age | Neither towards the speaker nor the one spoken to, along | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Ane | Away from speaker and hearer | (Prt) |
| Tongan | Ange | To or towards him, along; -er, more, to a greater degree | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Angi. Ange. | To give; towards (third person). Alike, similar to each other; a frequent sign of the adverb; also a sign of the comparative degree. | (Mar) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ange | Away, more (postnuclear, mostly clitic, directional particle indicating motion or action away from both speaker and hearer, towards a third person or in general away from something. It is also used to express comparison or a greater amount of something) | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | T/ange | Pass by Problematic | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | -(k)age | Out, away, over there, over yonder, to the side. Directional suffix indicating motion away from speaker and addressee. | (Dty) |
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