Protoform: FAI-GA [PN] Deed, action; way of doing; try, persist
| Description: | Deed, action; way of doing; try, persist |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 << PN *fai.1, *-ga |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Painga | Act, doing | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Faiga | S'efforcer; essayer; effort | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Faiga | S'efforcer de, s'escrimer à; occasion | (Rch) |
| Emae | Fai/faiga | Deeds, actions, behaviour | (Clk) |
| Mangareva | ʔAiga | Pensée; conviction; mesure Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Haina (MQS), haika (MQN). Haaika (Mtu). | Richesses, effets, bagages, meubles; fardea, charge. Medicine (Mtu). Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dln) |
| Niuafoʔou | Feinga (ke) | Try | (Tmo) |
| Niue | Feiga | To carry on doing something (refers to doing something while someone else is doing something else) | (Sph) |
| Nukuoro | Hainga | Law, procedure, rule | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | Wainga | Doing, activity; sexual intercourse | (Bge) |
| Rennellese | Hainga | Doing, action, activity | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Faiga | The making, the doing; the getting; custom | (Prt) |
| Tikopia | Fainga | Doing, deed, practice; technical term indicating transfer of food and/or valuables, used in title of ceremonial or ritual proceedings | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Faiga | Method, way, act of making a thing | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Faainga | Work hard at, struggle or wrestle with (fig.) | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Feinga | To try, attempt, endeavour, make an effort; try to get/do | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Faiga | Actions | (Jsn) |
| Tuvalu | Faiga | Method | (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | Fai/faiga | Deed | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Heinga, hinga | Think, plan; shout; appear | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Heinga (pl. vaheinga) | Thing (NUP, TAU) | (Hvn) |
| West Uvea | Fainga | Action | (Hmn) |
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