Protoform: GATAQA [PN] Difficult
| Description: | Difficult |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> PN *fai-gataqa |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emae | Gataa | Difficult | (Cpl) |
| Kapingamarangi | Ngataa | Slow, with difficulty | (Ebt) |
| Kapingamarangi | Ngadaa | Difficult | (Lbr) |
| Mangaia | -Ngataa | Hard, difficult to accomplish | (Chn) |
| Nuguria | Kau/nataa | Lazy | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Poro nattaa | Hard-hearted (plural) | (Trt) |
| Penrhyn | Ngataa | Difficult | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Ngataa | Difficult (of actions or personality) | (Sby) |
| Rarotongan | Ngataa | Difficult | (Bse) |
| Sikaiana | Nataa/taa | To make an effort, to engage oneself in some activity | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | ʔAtaa | Recalcitrant, avec de la mauvaise volonté (s'emploie après une verbe) | (Lmt) |
| Tahitian | Atâ | Unwilling, unapt; difficult (to get or obtain) | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | -nataa | With difficulty; take a long time to do something or have something done to it | (Mle) |
| Tokelau | -gataa | Verbal suffix meaning "difficult" | (Sma) |
| Tongan | -ngataʔa | Difficult | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Gnatá | Difficult | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | ŋataa | Difficult, laborious | (Stn) |
17 entries found
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