Protoform: GAAWARI [PN] Weak, feeble; pliable, flexible
| Description: | Weak, feeble; pliable, flexible |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Ngavari | Slack (as a fishing line) | (Fbg) |
| Hawaiian | Naawali | Weak, feeble, infirm | (Pki) |
| Luangiua | ŋaavali | Bent (stick) | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Gavari | Etre flexible, pliable (branche) | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Navai (MQS), kavai (MQN) | Delicate, slender, pliable. Ployer, courber, rendre flexible. | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Nevai (MQS), kevai (MQN) | Libre dans ses mouvements, mobile, flexible, pliant | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Kavaí, navaí | Rendre la *popoï* souple, la délayer; mêler, mélanger Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dln) |
| Moriori | Ngawari | Mellow, easy | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Ngaawari | Soft, accomodating, obedient; easy (not difficult) | (Wms) |
| Nukuoro | Ngaavali | Bent slightly | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Ngaavari/vari | Weak | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Ngaavali/vali | Pliable, slack (of movements) | (Sby) |
| Pukapuka | Ngavali | Bend, be curved. Pliable, loose (Sby) | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Ngaavari | Pliable, easily persuaded. Unstable, wobbly, loose | (Bse) |
| Samoan | Vaaivai | Weak (of body) Borrowed | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Navali | Bent or curved, usually from warping | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Naavari | Bend, buckle, as a pole under pressure | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Ngavari/vari | Slack, of man | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Ngaavai/vai | Feeble, infirm | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | ŋaavari | Weak, feeble | (Stn) |
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