Protoform: MALIE [PN] Sweet-tasting, delicious
| Description: | Sweet-tasting, delicious |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> PN *suqa-malie "sweet" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Fulu/malie | Etre beau, être mignon | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Malie | Doux, sucre | (Rch) |
| Luangiua | Malie | Sweet | (Smd) |
| Niue | Melie | Satisfied, happy (with loto) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| Niue | Fulu/melie | To be kind. Liberal, kind (McE). | (Sph) |
| Niue | Talu/melie | Fertile (soil) | (McE) |
| Nuguria | Malie | Sweet | (Ray) |
| Nukuoro | Malie | Good (of food) | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | Malie | Sweet, delicious (of food) | (Bge) |
| Sikaiana | Malie | Pleasing to the taste | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Ma(a)rie | Sweet-tasting, (of fruit) fresh, delicious [from Nukumanu] Borrowed | (Mle) |
| Tokelau | Malie | Be sweet, tasty | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Melie | Sweet or pleasant to the taste; fresh (water) | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Melíë | Sweet | (Mar) |
| Tuvalu | Malie | To be sweet (of drinks) | (Jsn) |
| West Uvea | Malie | Sucré | (Hmn) |
16 entries found
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