Protoform: PII-WAI [NP] Undeveloped, of fruit, root crops, or young animals

Description: Undeveloped, of fruit, root crops, or young animals
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian
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Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Marquesas Pivai/tea Sans chair (Dln)
Marquesas Pivai A species of banana (Tgr)
New Zealand Maori Piiwai Small sweet-potatoes passed over in the first harvest butgleaned when food is short (Bgs)
Pukapuka Piivai/elo Useless, good for nothing (said of persons) (Mta)
Rarotongan Piivai Undeveloped fruit at end of banana bunch (Mka)
Tahitian Pivai The smallest pig in a litter (Dvs)
Tuamotu Piivai To flood, overflow the land Problematic (Stn)

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