Protoform: MATA-KITE.B [CE] Clairvoyant, having second sight
| Description: | Clairvoyant, having second sight |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
| Notes: | *8 Note. This seems to have replaced PPN *kikite "see into the future, second-sight". |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian | Makaʔike | To see supernatural things | (Pki) |
| Marquesas | Mata kite (Ua Pou), mata ʔite | Clairvoyant | (Lch) |
| New Zealand Maori | Matakite | Second-sight; a second-sighted person | (Bgs) |
| Nukuoro | Matakite | A soothsayer, prophet Problematic | (Crn) |
| Penrhyn | Mata kite | Knowledge and power of seeing into the future | (Bck) |
| Tuamotu | Matakite | See, tell, prophesy; a seer | (Stn) |
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