Protoform: LAKI [OC] The westerly quarter; wind from that quarter and weather associated with it
| Description: | The westerly quarter; wind from that quarter and weather associated with it |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic |
| Notes: | *4 POC *raki "southeast trades (probably also: dry season when the south-east trades blow)" (LPO II:127,259,307). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Raki | (Wind coming from) northwest; season during which winds from this direction predominate (i.e. monsoon season) | (Fbg) |
| East Uvea | Laki | Vent du sud-est et du nord-est | (Rch) |
| Fijian | Draki | Fine weather | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Raki/raki | Place on north coast | (Bgs) |
| Hawaiian | Laʔi | Calm, stillness, quiet, as of sea, sky, wind | (Pki) |
| Luangiua | Laʔi | West or south-west wind. West | (Smd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Raki | North; dry, dried up | (Wms) |
| Niue | Laki | West | (McE) |
| Nuguria | Te raki | Nordweststurm | (Ths) |
| Nuguria | Laki | North-west wind (brings pantai) | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Laki | West | (Fbg) |
| Nukumanu | Laki | West | (Trt) |
| Penrhyn | Tuu/raki puu | Southwest wind | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | Turakipu | Northwest | (Bck) |
| Pukapuka | Laki | Southwest wind or direction | (Bge) |
| Rennellese | Gaki | West or south-west wind | (Ebt) |
| Saʔa | Raʔi/rehi | Under the lee, sheltered Problematic | (Ivs) |
| Samoan | Laʔi | South-west veering to north-west | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Laki | The west | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Raki, laki | Direction or season of west winds | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Raki | Wind point, approximately west; westerly direction; monsoon season, characterised by weather from generally west direction; variable light winds between south-west and west, with alternating calms and occasional gales | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Laki | Hurricane season and westerly quarter winds that blow during it | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Lak/oifie | Fair, fine weather | (Bkr) |
| Tuamotu | Raki | Wind from south-westerly quadrant | (Stn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Laki | Wind from west. Wind from the south (from Vanikoro and Utupua) (Lch). | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Te/laki | Wind from southeast [TAU] | (Hvn) |
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