Protoform: PEE- [PN] Be like
| Description: | Be like |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> PN *pee-heni, *pee-hena, *pee-hera, NP *pee-fea |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Pee | Like (resembling), or, if | (Bgs) |
| Easter Island | Pe | As, how, like | (Fts) |
| Emae | Pe | Like, resembling | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Pee- ~ pe- | Like (Resembling) | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | Pe ~ pei | As, like | (Ebt) |
| Kapingamarangi | Be(e) | Like, as | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Pee/ŋei, pee/ŋa, pee/laa | Like this/that | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Pe | Comme, de même que, ainsi que | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Pe/ʔeiʔa (MQS), pe/keina (MQN) | C'est ça, comme ça, c'est bien comme cela | (Lch) |
| New Zealand Maori | Pee- | Like (resembling) | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Whee- | Like, resembling | (Bgs) |
| Niue | Pe/he | Like (resembling), thus | (Sph) |
| Niue | Pee/a | Like this (arch.) | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Pee/naa, pee/nei | Like that, like this | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Be...be | Either...or | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Pee- (in peeia, peenaa, peeraa) | Like this/that | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Pe(e) | Like (resembling); certainly | (Sby) |
| Pukapuka | Pe/ia | Like this | (Mta) |
| Rarotongan | Pe | Like (Resembling) | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Pe | Like (Resembling) | (Ebt) |
| Sikaiana | Pee- | Like this, like that (followed by deictics) | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Pe | Like, as | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Pe | As if, as, like | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Vee | Be like, be the same as Problematic | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Pe/hee | Like this, like that | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Peehee | Thus | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Pee- | Like (Resembling) | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Pe | Like, in the manner of | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Phe- | Like (vi) | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Phe/laa | Like that; say | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Pe- | Like | (Dty) |
| West Uvea | Pe(e)- | Comme | (Hmn) |
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