Protoform: KAI.5 [EO] People of a place; to people a place, occupy, inhabit
| Description: | People of a place; to people a place, occupy, inhabit |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to EO: Eastern Oceanic |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. *kakai. |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Kai/fenua | Homme du peuple, qui travaille la terre | (Rch) |
| East Uvea | Kai/tamaki | Personne méchante, qui cherche à faire du mal aux autres | (Rch) |
| Fijian | Kai- | Prefix indicating patrilineally determined identity, e.g. Kai-viti "Fijian" | (Cpl) |
| New Zealand Maori | Kai- | Prefix denoting human agent Problematic | (Bgs) |
| Nguna | Na-kaa | People (of a particular chief or place) | (Stz) |
| Rarotongan | Kai | A collective noun before kinship terms | (Bse) |
| Samoan | ʔAai/vao | (Run) wild | (Mnr) |
| Samoan | ʔAi/fanua | A tenant, a person cultivating another person's land | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Ai/ani | A shameless beggar Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dvs) |
| Tongan | Kai/fonua | Commoner | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Kai/na | Occupied by strangers, to be | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Kai/fonua | Commoner | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Ky fonnooa | A vassal; also, the common people | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Kai | Body, group of blood relatives | (Stn) |
| Tuamotu | Kai/ina | "Underworld dwellers" | (Stn) |
| West Futuna | Fa/kai (ANI) | The people (of a place) | (Cpl) |
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