Protoform: LAWA.1B [NP] Postposed verbal particle intensifying the verb
| Description: | Postposed verbal particle intensifying the verb |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moriori | Rawa, rao (etu) | Exactly, completely | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Rawa | A postposed verbal particle indicating intensity or immediacy | (Wms) |
| Pukapuka | Lava | Indeed, very | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Rawa | Post-verbal particle. Certainly, definitely, wholly, quite, perfectly, completely | (Bse) |
| Samoan | Lava | Particle; very, actually, really, quite, thoroughly, extremely | (Prt) |
| Tokelau | Lava | Intensifying particle which follows the word | (Sma) |
| West Uvea | Lava | Déterminatif verbal postposé, marquant l'affirmation, l'insistence; déterminatif nominal postposé, marquant l'identité | (Hmn) |
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