Protoform: FIFI.2A [NP] Entangled; confused
| Description: | Entangled; confused |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PPN *fisi |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Island | Hihi | Knotted | (Fts) |
| Easter Island | Hihi/hihi | Twist, lace; entangled, difficult to understand | (Fts) |
| Easter Island | Haka hihi | Twist, wring (e.g. clothes, one's arm, etc.) | (Wbr) |
| Easter Island | Haka hihi-hihi | Hinder, prevent | (Wbr) |
| Fijian | Vivi-ga | To wrap up, as a mat; to bind, as a bandage | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Hihi | Entangle, creep, spread, intertwine | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | ʔIʔi | Embrouiller; perdre le fil de ses idées, être confus | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Peʔe/ʔiʔi | Etre touffu, entrelacé,croisé (se dit des branches de plante rampantes et de celles des arbrisseaux qui forment des touffes en s'entrelaçant) | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Ta/ʔiʔi | Etre embrouillé, s'embrouiller (se dit de cordes, de fils, de chaînes, de la chevelure, de laine, etc.) | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Vivi | Chaine. Phonologically Irregular | (Chf) |
| Marquesas | Hihi | Etre confus | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Fifi (MQS), hihi (MQN) | Devenir tapu (sacré), être tapu; rendu tapu (sacré) par l'infraction d'un tapu | (Dln) |
| Moriori | Whiwhi | Entangle | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Whiwhi | Wind around, wrap around; entangled | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Whii/whiwhi | Entangled | (Wms) |
| Penrhyn | Hihi/hihi | Entangled | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | Hihi | Chain | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Wiwi | Tangled; criss-crossed | (Sby) |
| Raʔivavae | Hihi | To be entangled, caught (as in a net); to tie or tangle up, as with a net; to be wrapped around; difficult, involved in difficulties | (Stn) |
| Rarotongan | ʔI/ʔii | Catch on a snag; entangle; strike (gold, fish, luck), encounter Phonologically Irregular | (Bse) |
| Rarotongan | Aka/ii | Ensnare, entangle | (Sve) |
| Tahitian | Fifi | Compliqué, embrouillé, difficile, dangereux; chaîne. Entangled, enslaved, intricate; to be involved in difficulties; a chain (Dvs). | (Lmt) |
| Tahitian | A/fifi | Bundle of breadfruits or coconuts tied together. Lier (Jsn). Problematic | (Dvs) |
| Tuamotu | Hihi | To be entangled...involved in difficulties...involved, intricate, hard (work)... | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Fifi | Snag a line, tangle | (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | Fifi | To be tangled, to snag; to be confused | (Jsn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | La/vihi | Get stuck, not fit, be too long Problematic | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Sa/fifi (ANI) | Crooked Problematic | (Cpl) |
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