Protoform: GAFUA [PN] Free, easy, permitted
| Description: | Free, easy, permitted |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *gaofie "easy", *fua.5a "only, merely" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Pai/nga pua | Easy | (Fbg) |
| East Uvea | Fai/gafua | Facile, commode, autorisé, permis, licite | (Rch) |
| East Uvea | Gafua | Autorisé, licite, permis | (Rch) |
| Emae | (A)gafua | Free (of taboo) | (Clk) |
| Niue | Gofua | Be allowed, be free to do something | (Sph) |
| Samoan | Gafua | Be made common, have a prohibition removed | (Prt) |
| Tikopia | Ngafua | Licit, appropriate, usu. of food | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Ngofua | Allowed, permitted, permissible, not prohibited | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Gnofooa | Easy, easily; plainly evident; unprohibited, not forbidden, not tabooed, lawful, allowable | (Mar) |
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