Protoform: KAI.1A [AN] Food, eat: *kai-nga, *kai-na
| Description: | Food, eat: *kai-nga, *kai-na |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to AN: Austronesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> CE *kai-uu "infant" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Kaina | Eat it | (Fbg) |
| Anuta | Kai | To eat; generic name for food crops | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Kai | Food, eat | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Kai | Food, eat | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | Kai | Food, eat | (Fts) |
| Emae | Kai | Food | (Cpl) |
| Emae | Kai/kai (trans. keina) | Eat | (Clk) |
| Fijian | Ka/nia | Food, eat. Problematic | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | ʔAi | To eat; food or food plant, especially vegetable food (as distinguished from *i'a*, meat or fleshy food); often...refers specifically to *poi*. | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Kai | Eat, food | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Gai | Eat | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | ʔAi | Eat | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | ʔAʔi | Feast Phonologically Irregular | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | ŋaa/ʔai | Feast | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Kai | Food, eat. Nourriture, aliment; manger. | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Kai(kai) | To eat; food | (Krk) |
| Marquesas | Kai, ʔai | Food. Manger, se nourrir (Lch). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Kai/kai | Nourriture, repas, festin. Manger, eat (Atl). | (Lch) |
| Moriori | Kai, kei, kye | Eat . Food . Devour | (Bke) |
| New Zealand Maori | Kai-nga | Food, eat | (Wms) |
| Niuafoʔou | Kai | Eat | (Dye) |
| Niue | Kai | To eat, consume, use up | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Kai-na | Eat; food, tubers; meal | (Dvl) |
| Nuguria | Hu/kai | Eat | (Ray) |
| Nuguria | Fai-ni-/kai | Food | (Ray) |
| Nukumanu | Kai/kai (pl. kkai, kai/kkai) | Eat, feed (vi) | (Trt) |
| Nukumanu | Kai | Food (pl.); feast | (Trt) |
| Nukuoro | Gai | Eat | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Kai | Food, eat | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | A kai | Eat! | (Lmt) |
| Pukapuka | Kai | Eat; food | (Mta) |
| Raʔivavae | ʔAi | Eat | (Zpn) |
| Rapa | Kai(kai) | Food; to eat | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | Kai-nga | Food, eat | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Kai | Food, eat | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | ʔAa | Eat | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | ʔAi | Food, eat | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Kai | Food, eat | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | ʔAi | Manger | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | Kai-na | Eat, bite (of fish), gnaw; meal | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Kai | Food, eat | (Fth) |
| Tikopia | Kai/na | Eaten | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Kai | Eat | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Kai (tr. kei/na) | Food, eat | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Ky. Ge/na. | To eat, to take a meal. To champ, to munch, to devour, to eat; to corrode or canker, as iron or cloth, with age and exposure | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Kai | Food, eat | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Kai | Food, eat | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kai (trans. kei/na, kei/nga) | Eat | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kai/kai | Food | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Kai (trans. kei/na) | Food, eat. Manger, manger féculents (Rve). Feast (Cpl). | (Dty) |
| West Uvea | Kai-na | Manger, (poisson) prendre l'amorce; nourriture | (Hmn) |
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