Protoform: QASA-GA.A [PN] Shallow place between islets; ford *qa(a)saga
| Description: | Shallow place between islets; ford *qa(a)saga |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | 8 Cf. PFJ *qasa 'wade' |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Ahaga | Passage de la mer où l’on peut guéer d’une terre à l’autre, isthme | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Aaʔanga | Taro patch, section of taro swamp (surrounded by embankments) | (Rch) |
| Nukuoro | Aasaga | A watercourse between islets on the atoll | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | Aayanga | Name for the unbroken stretch of built-up reef on eastern (windward) side of atoll, stretching between motu (islets) | (Sby) |
| Pukapuka | Aayanga | Name for the whole barrier reef, considered as a reef | (Bge) |
| Samoan | Aasaga | Ford or fording place | (Mnr) |
| Tokelau | Aahaga | Reef space between two islets on an atoll | (Sma) |
| Tongan | ʔAhanga | Ford, reef or shallow place where one can wade across | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Hahanga | A reef | (Mar) |
| Tuvalu | Aasaga | Shallow passage. Sandbank (Bsr). | (Jsn) |
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