Protoform: FAGA-SELE [SO] A favourite (and spoiled?) child

Description: A favourite (and spoiled?) child
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to SO: Samoic-Outlier Polynesian
Notes:

*0 << XW *faga.3b "a pet child or animal", PN *sele.3 "beloved, prized"
*1 Cf. XW *faga-faqo "a pet"

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Faga-sele Gâté (en parlant d'enfant qu'on abandonne à ses caprices); enfant cherie, préferé (Rch)
Tuvalu Fangasele Beloved child, favorite (Rby)

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