Protoform: KA-NA.3 [PN] If (counterfactual)
| Description: | If (counterfactual) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PPN *ka(a). :Verbal particle marking inception of new action or state, *na "past tense marker". |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Ka na | If (counterfactual) | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | Ka na | Si (pour le conditionnel passé) | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | Ána | Aunque; si (condicional); sino; cuando Problematic | (Fts) |
| New Zealand Maori | Mena | If Problematic | (Bgs) |
| New Zealand Maori | Ka [verb] ana | When/if Problematic | (Bgs) |
| Niue | Kane | Conjunction, past conditional, usually followed by mai: If. | (Sph) |
| Samoan | ʔAna | If (counterfactual) | (Prt) |
| Tikopia | Ka | If Borrowed | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Kana | If (counterfactual) . (used in hypothetical, 'unreal' conditions) | (Hpr) |
| Tongan | Ka ne | If...were, if...had, referring to a purely imaginary condition or supposition | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Ka na | If | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Cani | If; in case that (used only in respect to time past) | (Mar) |
| Tuvalu | Mana | If Problematic | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hana | In case, otherwise Phonologically Irregular | (Hvn) |
| West Uvea | Ga na | If (counterfactual) | (Hmn) |
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