Protoform: MA-HEA [CE] Dim, pale

Description: Dim, pale
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. XW *ma-seqa 'audible'

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Hawaiian Maahea Hazy, as moonlight (Pki)
Mangaia zyx (Cpl)
Mangaia Maaea Weak, low-spirited, idle, lazy (Sta)
Mangareva Meʔea Beauté; embellir Uncertain Semantic Connection (Rch)
Marquesas Mehea Se dit d'un estomac, d'un ventre, qui a faim: attendri, affecté, ému (le coeur) Uncertain Semantic Connection (Dln)
Marquesas Mehea te koekoe Etre ému, be affected (Chf)
New Zealand Maori Mahea Cleared away (of rain); free from obstruction, clear (Wms)
New Zealand Maori Maahea/hea Faintly perceptible (Wms)
Raʔivavae abc (Stz)
Rarotongan Maʔea Pause for a while (of rain) [Nga Pu Toru dialect] (Bse)
Tahitian Mahea To fade; to be pale through fear; to fail, applied to desire; to cease, applied to rain (Dvs)
Tahitian Mahea/hea To turn pale, to fade, to be destitute (Dvs)
Tuamotu Mahea Clear up, cease, as rain; be clear, as the sky after rain (Stn)

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