Protoform: NOA.2 [PN] Postposed particle signifying non-restriction; just, only, without limit, without result
| Description: | Postposed particle signifying non-restriction; just, only, without limit, without result |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PPN *noa "without purpose" (Ply. 1970). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Island | Nó | Solamente, no más; todavía; siempre. Always (Wbr). | (Fts) |
| Easter Island | No/atu | No importa; aunque | (Fts) |
| Hawaiian | Noo | Intensifying particle: very, quite, fairly, anyway | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | Noa | Complètement, entièrement; uniquement; quoique, encore que | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Noa | Très; sans but, sans cause, sans motif, accidentellement | (Lch) |
| Moriori | No(o), noa | Adverbial particle | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Noa | A particle postposed to nouns (only, ordinary, just) and verbs (without restraint, without avail, unlimited, unrestricted, just) | (Bgs) |
| Niue | Noa | Just, only (post-verbal particle). Without cause, in vain, uselessly, without purpose; free, unrestrained, boundless (McE). | (Sph) |
| Nukuoro | Sau/noa/ | Completely | (Crl) |
| Rarotongan | Noa atu | In spite of, notwithstanding, no matter | (Bse) |
| Samoan | Noa | Postposed particle (of no importance, worthless, without purpose; easily) | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Noa | Non-restriction | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Noa | (Après les formes verbales) Spontanément, sans raison, de soi-même; (après les formes nominales) exprime l'idée de restriction: seul, juste, seulement | (Lmt) |
| Tokelau | Noa | Just, mere, of no importance. Postposed particle mainly in nominal sentences | (Hpr) |
| Tongan | Noa | Adverb of manner (without reason, purpose or meaning; idly; without effort, easily; fruitlessly) | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Noa. Noa-ai-be. | At random, wandering. In vain, unfixed. | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Noa | Non-restriction | (Stn) |
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