Protoform: FIITAQA.A [PN] Work hard, strive, make an effort
| Description: | Work hard, strive, make an effort |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *fita.2 |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Hiitaa | To struggle, to wriggle about | (Sve) |
| Niue | Fitaa | Definitely; sn emphatic affirmative, yes indeed, definitely yes. To already have done something (Sph). Uncertain Semantic Connection | (McE) |
| Niue | Faka/fitaa | To help, to work | (Sph) |
| Rotuman | Fitaʔa | Bestow labour on, to give care or attention to Borrowed | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Fiitaa | Products of one's work (food, goods, etc.) | (Mnr) |
| Samoan | Fitaa | Difficult; courageous; a steep place | (Prt) |
| Tokelau | Fiitaa | (of food, goods, etc.) Products of one's striving | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Fite/fitaʔa | To labour, toil | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Fitaʔa | Savage, ruthless, fierce, stopping at nothing | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Fita | Efforts, works | (Jsn) |
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