Protoform: LAGI.5 [PN] To rule, govern, exercise authority; other senses associated with chiefly rank
| Description: | To rule, govern, exercise authority; other senses associated with chiefly rank |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
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| East Futuna | Lagi/ʔaki | Ordonner, prescrire, être responsable...responsable: chef de pêche (femme seulement) | (Mfr) |
| East Futuna | Lagi/lagi | Diriger (danse); chef de la danse | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Lagi/aki | Chef temporaire, celui qui exerce les fonctions du chef de village pendant son absence; commander, coordonner, ordonner, diriger, prescrire | (Rch) |
| Hawaiian | Lani | Very high chief, majesty...royal, exalted, high-born, noble, aristocratic (most common in personal names) | (Pki) |
| Hawaiian | Hoʔo/lani | To treat as a chief; render homage to a chief; act as chief... | (Pki) |
| New Zealand Maori | Rangi | Chief (generally in the form of respectful address: E rangi 'sir') | (Wms) |
| Rarotongan | Rangi | A word used to denote: supreme in authority...the paramount high chief... | (Sve) |
| Samoan | Lagi | Customs observed on the death of a chief | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Lagi | To call out the different portions of food at a feast, and for whom intended | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Lagi/i | The head of a chief | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Rai | The highest chief or king | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Lani/tia | Receive something when things are divided or distributed; not be left out, but included in a group | (Mle) |
| Tongan | Langi | Raised and terraced burial place of sovereigns (in days gone by) | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Langi | (of kings or queens) Eyes, face, mouth, ears, or head | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Raŋi | A high-, divine chief | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Lagi/lagi | Send on frequent errands | (Rby) |
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