Protoform: QAITU [AN] Ghost, spirit of dead person
| Description: | Ghost, spirit of dead person |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to AN: Austronesian |
| Notes: | *2 PCP *qanitu "spirit". |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fijian | Vatunituu | Commemoration stone Problematic | (Cpl) |
| Kapingamarangi | Eeitu | Ghost, spirit | (Ebt) |
| Kapingamarangi | Eidu | Spirit, ghost | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Aiku | Spirit, deity. Image, spirit of the dead | (Hbn) |
| Luangiua | (A)iku | Image, god; ghosts, spirit | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Hale eiku | Geisterhaus [spirit house] | (Sar) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Aitu | God | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Aitu | Espece d'esprit fort; celui qui demeure dans les sacrés avec les tuhuka | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Aitu/a | Dieu du paganisme, esprit mauvais | (Lch) |
| Moriori | Eituu, aitu | God (Wms) | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Aitu/aa | Misfortune (especially a death); bad omen | (Wms) |
| Niuafoʔou | Aitu | God, spirit | (Cct) |
| Niue | Aitu | Ghost, supernatural being. Devil (Sph). | (McE) |
| Nuguria | Aitu | Gott, göttlich verehrte Seele | (Ths) |
| Nuguria | Te/n/aitu/ | Alle Götter zusammen | (Ths) |
| Nuguria | Aitu | Nine ancestor spirits, who came in a canoe to Nukeria and then became people (mythological) | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Aitu | Spirit | (Fbg) |
| Nukuoro | Eidu | Ghost, spirit, god | (Crl) |
| Nukuoro | Itu | A god, a spirit | (Crn) |
| Pukapuka | Aitu | Spirit, ghost | (Bge) |
| Raʔivavae | Aitu | God, demon, supernatural being; ogre, ogress | (Stn) |
| Rarotongan | Aitu | Ghost, spirit | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | ʔAitu | Deity | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Aitu | Ghost, spirit | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Aitu | Ghost, spirit | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Aitu | God or goddess | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Aitu | Spirit, ghost | (Mle) |
| Tokelau | Aitu | (Evil) ghost, spirit | (Sma) |
| Tongan | (Tangi) lau/ʔaitu | To lament | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | ʔEitu/matupuʔa | Proper name of a spiritual being | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Aitu | Ghost, spirit | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Aitu | Ghost, spirit | (Rby) |
| Waya | (Y)anitu | Spirit, ghost, supernatural being | (Ply) |
| West Futuna | Feg/aitu-a, feg/eitu-a | Sorcery, magic; sorcerer; to poison, to work magic on... | (Dty) |
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