Protoform: FAKA-.2 [PN] Similative prefix: to be or behave like (with nouns)
Description: | Similative prefix: to be or behave like (with nouns) |
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Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
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East Futuna | Faka- | A la manière de; agir comme | (Mfr) |
East Uvea | Faka- | A la façon de, en forme de | (Rch) |
Hawaiian | Haʔa, haa-, hoʔo- | Simulative: prefix of pretense or similarity | (Pki) |
New Zealand Maori | Whaka- | Signifies the assumption of the character or form expressed by the noun | (Wms) |
Niue | Faka- | To act in the manner of | (Sph) |
Nuguria | Faka- | Simulative prefix | (Dvl) |
Penrhyn | Haka- | Approximative or simulative prefix | (Sta) |
Rarotongan | ʔAka- | Simulative: to make somebody out to be, to call somebody something, to pretend to be | (Bse) |
Rennellese | Haka- | Prefix of similitude | (Ebt) |
Rotuman | Fak(a)- | Prefix signifying like . Borrowed | (Cwd) |
Samoan | Faʔa- | Characteristic of, proper or belonging to; like, in the manner of, of the same kind as | (Prt) |
Sikaiana | Haka- | To pretend to be or act in the state described by the noun | (Dnr) |
Tikopia | Faka- | After the style of | (Fth) |
Tokelau | Faka- | Characteristic of, behaving like | (Sma) |
Tongan | Faka- | Prefix denoting likeness | (Cwd) |
Tuvalu | Faka- | To act a role | (Rby) |
West Uvea | Faga- | Préfixe devant les substantifs: comme, à la manière de | (Hmn) |
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