Protoform: MA-AGI [PN] Be blown about by wind, float upwards/outwards
| Description: | Be blown about by wind, float upwards/outwards |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 << PN *ma-.1, *agi.1 "blow (of wind, breeze)" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Mangi/angi | Windy; for the wind to blow | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Maagi/agi | Light in weight. Etre bien ajusté (vêtement); léger, mince (objet, vêtement) (Mfr). | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | Maagi/agi | Etre agité par le vent | (Rch) |
| Kapingamarangi | Maangi | Fly, flap, as wings | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Maŋi/aŋi | Cool | (Smd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Maangi | Floating, drifting; fleet, quick, unsettled, unnerved, distress by grief | (Wms) |
| Niue | Maagi | To be airy, to allow the wind to blow through, to be well ventilated | (Sph) |
| Niue | Pa/agi | To glide or float up and down in the air Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Masani | Fly (v) | (Ths) |
| Nuguria | Mahanu | Fly (v) | (Pkn) |
| Nuguria | Mahani | Flatterflug | (Ths) |
| Nukuoro | Maangi | Soar/glide in air | (Crl) |
| Rarotongan | Maangi | Floating, drifting in air ; to rise buoyantly | (Mka) |
| Rennellese | Maangi | To lie annihilated and non-existent in Hakanaua, a refuse heap in the underworld...as non-worshipped ancestors;...to end, of taboos | (Ebt) |
| Tikopia | Maangi | Wasted from sickness Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Maangi | Blown out/about in breeze, to be (e.g. as flag) | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Maaŋi | Arise, ascend, float upward as as mist or vapour; evaporate, be dispersed (as heat, steam, odours); swll as a blister; tendency to rise, float upwards; obs. fleetness or lightness as of the feet; obs. mist, vapour | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Mahagi | Blown by wind Phonologically Irregular | (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | Masagi/sagi | Lightweight | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | M(i)angi/angi | Breezy | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Mangi | Breath Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Hvn) |
| West Uvea | Maangi/angi | (Vent) souffler | (Hmn) |
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