Protoform: MATA-FENUA [PN] Extremity of land
| Description: | Extremity of land |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 << PN *mata.1c "point", *mata.1d "cape, headland", NP *fenua "land" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Mata-penua | East side of island | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Mataa fenua | Côte habitée | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Matafenua | Côté, bord de mer | (Rch) |
| Niue | Matafonua | Head of the island, headland; (as place name) northern tip of Niue | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Mataahenua | Point of land, headland | (Dvl) |
| Pukapuka | Mata wenua | Pointed end of island | (Sby) |
| Rennellese | Matahenua | Western end of Rennell island | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Mataafanua | Windward side of an island | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Mata henua | The point or tip of the island, promontory | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Mata(a)henua | Peninsula, point of land (the narrow points at each end of the lagoon side of Takuu's islands) | (Mle) |
| Tokelau | Mataafenua | Headland, point, cape | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Matta fonnooa | Coast, or shore | (Mar) |
| Tongan | Matafonua | Coast on the front side of an island (the side where the main settlement is) | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Mataafonua | Coast, shore, from the standpoint of the sea | (Cwd) |
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