Protoform: LAFA-LAFA [MP] Flat and/or broad: *la(fa)lafa
| Description: | Flat and/or broad: *la(fa)lafa |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> EC *pa-lafa, TA *tii-rafa "be lying on one's back" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Lafalafa | Flat | (Gzl) |
| East Uvea | Lafalafa | Flat, broad | (Rch) |
| Fijian | Rava | Flat, of nose | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Lahalaha | Hen covering chicks with wings | (Pki) |
| Hawaiian | Laha(laha) | extended, spreadout, broad | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Rafa/a | Spread wings | (Clk) |
| Luangiua | Laha | Flat | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | L/laha | Wide | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Lahi | Flat, not hilly Phonologically Irregular | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | A/raʔa | Plaine élevée et sans arbres Problematic | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | To/raʔaraʔa | Plaine, endroit ouvert où la vue s'étend sans obstacle | (Rch) |
| Mota | Lava | Large | (Cdn) |
| New Zealand Maori | Raha | Open, extended | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Raharaha | Spread out | (Wms) |
| Niue | Lafalafa | Raft. Level, flat-topped (McE). | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Raharaha | Wide, broad (road, canoe); flat (stone, wood plank) | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Llaha | Wide | (Trt) |
| Nukuoro | Lahalaha | Flat | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Raharaha | Flat, broad, wide | (Sta) |
| Rennellese | Ga(ha)gaha | Be flat, as a table | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Lafalafa | Flat; the level top of a mountain | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Lahalaha, llaha | Wide | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Llaha | Broad, wide | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Lafa, lafalafa | Broad Problematic | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Paa/lafalafa | Flat (of tables, boards, etc., but not land) | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Lafalafa | Flat (not curved or bulging); flat-bottomed boat, barge, punt | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Lafa-lafa, lalafa, lalaffa, lafa | Flat | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Raha(Raha) | Wide, extended | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Lafalafa | Width, side, go sideways | (Rby) |
| West Futuna | Hlafa | Flat, broad, wide | (Dty) |
| West Uvea | Lafalafa | Plat | (Hmn) |
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