Protoform: FOFOGA [PN] Honorific/polite term for face, eyes, mouth, head
| Description: | Honorific/polite term for face, eyes, mouth, head |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> SO *foga-sele |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Fofoga | Handsome, beautiful (of face). Visage, figure (Mfr). | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | Fofoga | Tete, visage (en parlant de Dieu, du roi ou d'un chef). Visage, face, tête, figure, yeux (resp.) (Rch). | (Btn) |
| Mangareva | ʔOʔoa | Face, visage. Borrowed | (Chf) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Hohonga | The eyes, the face | (Sve) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Hohoa | A picture, photo Borrowed | (Ttr) |
| Niue | Fofonga | Face, eyes, mouth (of chief) | (McE) |
| Penrhyn | Hohonga | Face, figure, shape, picture | (Sta) |
| Raʔivavae | Hohoʔa | The appearance, form, features; a diagram, drawing; (mod) picture, likeness, photograph Borrowed | (Stn) |
| Samoan | Fofoga | Honorific/polite term for face, eyes, mouth, head | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Hohoʔa | Image, photographie, film de cinéma, portrait, apparence, aspect, traits du visage | (Lmt) |
| Tikopia | Foga, fogo | Top, crest, crown Problematic | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Fofonga | Honorific/polite term for face, eyes, mouth, head, ears | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Fofonga | The visage or countenance, appearance; a feature of the face | (Mar) |
| Tuvalu | Fofoga | Face (pl.); facial features | (Rby) |
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