Protoform: MAQULI [MP] Life principle, soul, spirit
| Description: | Life principle, soul, spirit |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 cf. PPN *maquri "life, alive" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Mauri | Soul | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Maʔuli | Esprit, âme | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Maʔuli | Ame | (Rch) |
| Hawaiian | Mauli | Heart, seat of life; ghost, spirit | (Pki) |
| Luangiua | Mouli | Cricket (whose song is regarded as a good omen) | (Hbn) |
| Mangareva | Mouri | Peur, crainte; appréhender; craindre subitement Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Mauri | A ghost; spirit | (Krk) |
| Marquesas | Mauʔi | Terne (sic) de tendresse pour les femmes; individuelle, en parlant d'une femme qu'on ne veut pas nommer | (Dln) |
| Moriori | Mouri | Spirit | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Mauri | Life principle, thymos of man; talisman; a material symbol of the hidden principle protecting vitality | (Wms) |
| Penrhyn | Mauri | Spirit, psyche, soul, heart | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Mauli | Soul, spirit | (Bge) |
| Pukapuka | Mauli ola | Gravestones at grave of spirit (sic) of one killed in an accident; shrine for such a person who became a god | (Bge) |
| Pukapuka | Watu mauli ola | Commemorative stones where people prayed to dead ancestors accidentally killed (Ethnology) | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Mauri | Life principle, spirit, seat of the emotions; spirit, ghost | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Maʔugi | Soul, skull | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Mauli | The heart (used only in certain expressions) ; seat of the emotions | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Mauri | A ghost, or departed spirit | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Mouri | Spirit, shade, soul | (Hwd) |
| Takuu | Mouri | The spirit of a person, existing in recognisable human form both before and after death | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Mauri | Spirit, life principle, vitality of man or animal | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Mauli | Seat of the emotions or feelings thought to be in the region of the solar plexus | (Sma) |
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