Protoform: AWE.A [PN] Hair, strand of hair or thread
| Description: | Hair, strand of hair or thread |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PNP *makawe "hair, thread, strand"; PPN *kawe "tentacle". |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian | Awe | Thread | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | Ave | Raie, ligne, fils de plante servant a faire des ficelles, des cordes | (Jnu) |
| Marquesas | Ave | Bout de fil de corde, cordon de corde | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Eve (MQN), ave (MQS) | Poil follet, duvet des plantes; radicelles | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Kouʔ/eve | Radicelles, chevelu d'une plante | (Lch) |
| Moriori | I/awe | Soot | (Dtn) |
| New Zealand Maori | Awe | White hair from dog tail, hair from about fontanelles; soot; cloud | (Wms) |
| Pukapuka | Ave | Subspecies of yellowfin tuna with very long fins almost reaching tail | (Sby) |
| Samoan | Ave | A sunbeam; red lines proceeding from a swelling Problematic | (Prt) |
| Samoan | ʔAve | Sunbeam, ray of sunshine; ray Problematic | (Prt) |
| Tokelau | Ave | Tail end (of a fish) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Ave/ave | (Psilotum sp.) with filament-like leaves Problematic | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Ave | The tail of a kite; a feeler of a certain variety of jellyfish; long hairs, as on a dog's tail; long streamers of cloud... | (Stn) |
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