Protoform: MA-FOA.A [EO] Broken open, cracked open

Description: Broken open, cracked open
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to EO: Eastern Oceanic
Notes:

*0 << PN *ma-.1, *foa "break, smash"
*0 >> XO *ga-foa "smashed", CE *ga-foa "headache"
*3 PEO *mavoRa "broken, damaged" (Gty. 1990:65).
*8 For the TAH sense cf. *ga-foa

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Mafoa Paraitre; être déblayé, être débroussé (route) (Mfr)
East Uvea Mafoa Casse brisé (Btn)
Emae Mafoa A wound (Cpl)
Mangareva Moa Ouvrir un trou en terre qui sert à conserver de la nourriture Phonologically Irregular (Rch)
Marquesas Mohoa Ouvrir (Dln)
Niue Mafoa A place apart, a separate place Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sph)
Nukumanu Tuu mahoa Remote (place) Uncertain Semantic Connection (Trt)
Rennellese Mahoa Cracked, as a canoe or eggs; smashed, blistered; to bump (as the head) (Ebt)
Sikaiana Maahoa To be bald headed (often demeaning) Uncertain Semantic Connection (Dnr)
Tahitian Mahoa/hoa A violent headache; to be disturbed by noise (Dvs)
Takuu Maahoa Balding; balding spot Uncertain Semantic Connection (Mle)
Takuu Mafoa Bald (Hwd)
Tongan Mafoa Break, be broken (Cwd)
West Uvea Mafoa Cassé, brisé (Hmn)

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