Protoform: FAKA-WALE [PN] Behave irrationally or foolishly; deceive
| Description: | Behave irrationally or foolishly; deceive |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Fakavale | Excessivement; follement (postverbe); être maladroit, être inexpérimentée; être incontinent (pour les personnes agées) | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Fakavale(vale) | Agir en fou, en imbécile; rendre fou, faire perdre la tête... | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | Haʔa vare | Deceit, fraud; perjury Borrowed | (Wbr) |
| Mangareva | ʔAkavare | Retarder, différer; rester en arrière Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Hakavaʔe | Flatter, appaiser, calmer, caresser; caresse, flatterie Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Whakaware | Impose upon, beguile | (Wms) |
| Nukuoro | Hagavvale | Spirit possession | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | Wakavale | To stupefy | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | ʔAkavare | Deceive, dupe, lead astray | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Hakabage/bage | To argue, criticize, condemn, object, protest, contradict, blame | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Faʔavale | To act foolishly; applied to one who has a defect, as a mutilated arm or a blind eye | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Haavare | To lie, deceive, impose; lie, deception, falsehood of any kind | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Hakavvare | In a daze; mad keen, obsessively interested in something (e.g. fishing) | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Fakavare | Behave stupidly; unfocus, relax, dissociate; go crazy | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Fakavale/a | Be made a fool of, be fooled, be cheated | (Sma) |
| Tokelau | Faka/va/vale | Bother, prevent someone from doing something, pester | (Sma) |
| Tokelau | Fakavale/vale | Do something to distract someone, fool | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Fakavale | Foolishly, in a foolish way; causing to be foolish or to act foolishly | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Fakavale/a | To bewitch, to cast a spell over, or to exercise a strong influence over, and so lead to act foolishly | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Hakavare | To deceive, lie to; cheat, impose upon, dupe | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Fakavale/vale | Foolishness; act like a lunatic; have epileptic fits; have crazy spells | (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | Fakavale/a | To trick, deceive, make a person look like a fool | (Jsn) |
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