Protoform: PONO.2 [CE] True, correct
Description: | True, correct |
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Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
Notes: | *4 POC *bono(r) 'true, correct' (LPO V:554). |
Pollex entries:
Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
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Hawaiian | Pono | Correct procedure, correctness | (Pki) |
Mangareva | ʔApono | Correct procedure, correctness (I) ? Problematic | (Rch) |
Marquesas | Pono | Correct, proper, well done. Beau, qui convient, qui va bien [Southeast Marquesan Dialect] (Lch). | (Dln) |
New Zealand Maori | Pono | True, not false | (Bgs) |
New Zealand Maori | Whakapono-hia | Believe; christianity | (Bgs) |
New Zealand Maori | Tuu/pono | Light upon accidentally, chance to hit | (Wms) |
Pukapuka | Waka/pono | To promise | (Sby) |
Pukapuka | Pono | Sure, certain; confirm Problematic | (Mta) |
Tuamotu | Pono | Direct truly or straight ahead | (Stn) |
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