Protoform: EE [PN] Yes
| Description: | Yes |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PNP *ae |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Ee | Response to a call, acknowledgement of a call, as if to say "Yes?" or "Here I am." | (Fbg) |
| Easter Island | Eee | Yes | (Fts) |
| Easter Island | ʔEe-ee | Yes, affirmative | (Wbr) |
| Hawaiian | ʔEe | Yes (unemphatic) | (Pki) |
| Luangiua | ʔEi | Yes Phonologically Irregular | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | ʔEe, eʔe | Oui, certainement | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | E. ʔE (Lch). Ee (Mtu). | Particule d'affirmation, oui, c'est vrai. Yes (Mtu). | (Dln) |
| Moriori | E(e) | Aye, yes | (Shd) |
| Niuafoʔou | E e | Yes, of course | (Cct) |
| Niue | Ee | Yes | (Sph) |
| Penrhyn | Ee | Yes; well, then, and | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | È | Yes | (Lmt) |
| Pukapuka | Ee/ke | Yes | (Sby) |
| Rapa | Ei | Yes Problematic | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | ʔEe | Yes | (Bse) |
| Tahitian | ʔEe | Oui, dire oui | (Lmt) |
| Tuamotu | ʔEe | Yes indeed | (Stn) |
| Tupuaki | E | Yes (affirmative in general) | (Atn) |
| Tuvalu | Ee | Yes [Nanumea, Nanumanga Dialect] | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ee | Yes | (Hvn) |
| West Uvea | Ee | Oui | (Hmn) |
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