Protoform: NAQA.2 [PN] Lest
| Description: | Lest |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Naa | Lest | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | Naʔa | De peur que, de crainte que | (Rch) |
| Niuafoʔou | Naʔa | (Lest) | (Tmo) |
| Niue | Ne/ke | Subordinate conjunction implying some counterproductive consequence: Lest, otherwise, in case | (Sph) |
| Rennellese | Naʔe | Because, lest | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Neʔi | Lest, not Problematic | (Prt) |
| Tikopia | Na | Do not; lest | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Naa | Negative imperative particle | (Hpr) |
| Tongan | Naʔa | Lest, perhaps, in case | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Ka naʔe fai, ka ne fai | If it hadn't been for the fact that... | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Ca/nái/fý́ | To be sure! certainly! | (Mar) |
| Tongan | Na | Lest; in case that | (Mar) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Na | Not, negative imperative particle often used before the TAM particle me or after aua 'don't'; TAM particle signifying irrealis (i.e. a distant or uncertain future, a possibility, something counterfactual) | (Hvn) |
| West Uvea | Naa | De peur que | (Hmn) |
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