Protoform: GAOFIE [PN] Easy; easily, without difficulty
| Description: | Easy; easily, without difficulty |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> PN *fai-gaofie |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Gaofie | Easy | (Bgs) |
| Emae | Gaafie | Easy, cheap | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Ngoh/ia | Easy, swiftly | (Ebt) |
| Kapingamarangi | Ngooh/ia | Easy, easily | (Lbr) |
| Pukapuka | Ngaawie | Suffix to verbs meaning easily or quickly accomplished | (Bge) |
| Raʔivavae | ŋohie | Easy, facile, yielding; without difficulty; pleasant, agreeable; (frly) sure, infallible | (Stn) |
| Rarotongan | Ngoʔie | Easy, not difficult, simple, plain, open | (Bse) |
| Samoan | -Goofie | Indicates that action of preceding base comes about easily | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | ʔOhie | Facile, facilement | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | -nauhie | Take a short time to do something, or have something done to it; therefore frequently translatable as 'easy, easily' | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Ngaofia | Easily, softly | (Fth) |
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