Protoform: PEE-FEA [NP] How?
| Description: | How? |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 < PN *pee- "be like", *fea "where?, which?" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Island | Pehea | How? | (Chl) |
| Easter Island | Pe hee | How? | (Wbr) |
| Fijian | Vakaevei | How? | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Pehea | How? | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Peefea | How? | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Be hee | How? | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Pehee | How? | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Pe ʔea | Comment? Comme quoi? De quelle manière? | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Peehea | How? | (Krk) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Haka/peehea | [act in what way?] | (Osn) |
| Marquesas | Peehea. Peheʔa, peheka (1ŋ04). Pehea (Mtu). | Comment? pourquoi?. Interrogatif: de quelle manière? comment? qu'est-ce? est-il possible? (Lch). | (Dln) |
| Moriori | Pehe(e) | Do what? think what? | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Peehea | How? | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Peewhea | How? | (Wms) |
| Nukumanu | Peehee | How? Like what? Whatever kind of (post-nominal) | (Trt) |
| Nukuoro | Behee | Like what? | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Peehea | How? | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Peewea | How? | (Mta) |
| Rarotongan | Peʔea | How? | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Pehea | How? | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Faʔa/pefea/ | How? | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Pehea | How? | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Peehea, peefee, pee | How exactly? in what precise way?; (in exclamations) What kind of...! what a remarkable! what a lot of...! | (Mle) |
| Tuvalu | Peehea | How? (Rby) | (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | Pefea | How? (Jsn) | (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | Peehee | How? (Nukulaelae) | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Pehea | How?, why?, what? | (Hvn) |
| West Uvea | Pehea | Comment? | (Hmn) |
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