Protoform: AWA [MP] Channel, passage through reef
| Description: | Channel, passage through reef |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> NP *awaawa, SO *faqi-ava |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Ava | Passage from open sea to protected water (not necessarily a channel) | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Ava | Passage | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Ava | Passe, passage, entrée, accès, ouverture. Etre ouvert, béant, libre. | (Rch) |
| East Uvea | Ava/hi | Ouvrir | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | Aba | Canal, channel, crack, crevice, ditch, trench | (Fts) |
| Hawaiian | Awa | Channel | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | Awa | Channel, harbour | (Lbr) |
| Kapingamarangi | Awa iga | Fish weir | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Ava | Entrance through reef. Strait (passage between two islands), if covered at low tide | (Hbn) |
| Luangiua | Ava/va | Strait (passage between two islands), if covered at high tide only | (Hbn) |
| Luangiua | Ava | River, channel | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Ava | Passe pour les navires | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ava | Channel | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Ava | Fissure, fente, crevasse; défile, passage, gorge de montagne, passe du lagon. Passe, passage, detroit, canal; distance, espace, intervalle (Dln). | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Ava puta | Seuil de la porte, entrée de la maison | (Lch) |
| Moriori | Awa | River channel . Creek | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Awa | Channel, river | (Wms) |
| Niuafoʔou | Ava | Channel | (Dye) |
| Niuatoputapu | Kupenga tali/ava | Fishing with net strung across channel | (Dye) |
| Niue | Ava | Channel, passage through reef, harbour, opening in reef. Furrow, stripe; crack, gap (McE). | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Ava | Channel through reef, main passage (small passage is called muri ava) | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Ava | Passage | (Fbg) |
| Nukuoro | Ava | Passage, channel | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Ava | A passage through the reef opening into the lagoon | (Cbl) |
| Pukapuka | Ava | Reef passage | (Mta) |
| Raʔivavae | Ava | A pass, entrance, channel through the reef | (Stn) |
| Rapa | Ava | Pass, entrance to harbour | (Grn) |
| Rarotongan | Ava | Channel, passage | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Aba | Pass, channel, beach, canoe anchorage | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Ava | Channel | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Ava | Passage | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Ava | Passe (pour entrer dans un lagon ou dans un port) | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | Ava | Deep passage in reef, channel | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Ava | Channel; stream of any size | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Ava | A channel (through or across the reef); a natural channel (running up into the reef from the ocean side) | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Ava | Passage, opening. A cove, crevice, creek; a hole; a gap; a streight (Mar). | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Ava | To have a hole or aperture in it; to be open... | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Ava/ngi, ava/ki | To perforate, make a hole or opening in; to scuttle (a ship); to lift so as to leave a little space underneath | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Ava | Pass, channel in a reef, port, harbour | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Ava | Passage through reef | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ava | Passage through the reef | (Hvn) |
| Waya | Cawa | Beach or reef below high-tide mark Problematic | (Ply) |
42 entries found
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