Protoform: FAKA-QATA.A [PN] Look steadily or closely at; look at one's reflection
| Description: | Look steadily or closely at; look at oneʔs reflection |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 << PN *faka-.1,2, *qata "reflection" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Faka/ʔa/ʔata | Regarder au loin la main en visière; paire de jumelles | (Mfr) |
| East Futuna | Faka-ata | Look for (as fish in sea) | (Bgs) |
| East Futuna | Fakaata | Regarder avec attention; repérer Phonologically Irregular | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Fakaata | Viser, lorgner | (Rch) |
| Emae | Fakaata | Look in mirror | (Cpl) |
| Marquesas | Hakata | Regarder dans la longue-vue | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Há átta | To spy | (Crk) |
| New Zealand Maori | Whakaata | Look at one's reflected image; look or peer into | (Wms) |
| Niue | Fakaata/ata | Peer, watch closely | (Sph) |
| Niue | Fakaata | To look at one's reflection | (McE) |
| Samoan | Faʔaata | To shade the eys or partially close them, in order to see far-off objects; to spy with a glass or telescope | (Prt) |
| Tikopia | Fakaata | Look at reflection | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Fakaata | Look at one's image in a mirror; aim, point, sight along a line | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Fakaʔata | Observe, look at or examine with a telescope, etc.; take aim | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Fucca-áta | To aim | (Mar) |
| Tuvalu | Fakaata/ata | Look in mirror | (Rby) |
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