Protoform: FOQI.1 [EO] Classifying particle preposed to nouns indicating small objects of compact shape
| Description: | Classifying particle preposed to nouns indicating small objects of compact shape |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to EO: Eastern Oceanic |
| Notes: | *3 PEO *po-qi "spherical classifier" (Ply. 1972). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Poi | Individuating particle | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Faa | Unitising particle preposed to names of small, compact objects such as fruit, cans, containers Problematic | (Bgs) |
| Emae | Foi | Unitiser with body-parts (e.g. testicles, calf) | (Cpl) |
| Niuafoʔou | Foʔi | Preposed particle, oneness, roundness | (Dye) |
| Niuafoʔou | Foʔi/ʔakau | Fruit | (Gry) |
| Nuguria | Lua/hoi | Twenty Problematic | (Ths) |
| Saʔa | Hoi | One, used of things spherical in shape... (Ivens 1918) | (Ivs) |
| Tikopia | Foi | Particle of indivualisation (for objects and occasionally persons) | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Foʔi | Single, individual (used with fruit, eggs, private parts, matches, yams) | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Foi. Foi oofi. Foi níoo. | One, or rather a whole, bulk, ball, or head. One yam. One coconut. | (Mar) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Poi | Small (prenuclear qualifier indicating a small amount of what the following verb signifies) Phonologically Irregular | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Foi | One and only. Auxiliary noun, showing a definite singular (Cpl) | (Dty) |
| West Uvea | Fai- | Préfixe nominal marquant un sens diminutif | (Hmn) |
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