Protoform: NA.3 [PN] Past tense marker
| Description: | Past tense marker |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PPN *ne, PCO *ni.1 |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Na | Verbal particle, past tense | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Na | Particule de temps; forme archaique, aujourd'hui remplacée par ne'e | (Rch) |
| Fijian | E na | Future tense Problematic | (Cpl) |
| Luangiua | ŋaa | Perfective | (Smd) |
| Niuafoʔou | Neʔe | Past tense marker (= Tongan na'e) | (Cct) |
| Niue | Na | Verbal particle, past tense or general-truth | (Sph) |
| Pukapuka | Na | Past tense | (Sby) |
| Rennellese | Na | Past punctual tense | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Na | Verbal particle, past tense | (Prt) |
| Tokelau | Na | Verbal particle, past tense, indicating an action completed in past time | (Sma) |
| Tokelau | Na/e | Verbal particle indicating a continuous activity or state in the past | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Naʔa, naʔe | Sign of past tense | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Na | The sign of the past tense, ne, in the first person singular | (Mar) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Na | Particle signifying past tense, something preceding in time or being the reason or background for something else, pluperfect | (Hvn) |
| West Uvea | Na | Morphème préverbal marquant le passé... | (Hmn) |
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