Protoform: RAGI [PN] Exercise leadership, give directions (particularly in food distribution)
| Description: | Exercise leadership, give directions (particularly in food distribution) |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
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| East Futuna | Lagi/ʔaki | Ordonner, prescrire, être responsable; responsabilité, devoirs, charges, ordres; responsable; chef de pêche (femme seulement). | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Lagi/aki | Chef temporaire, celui qui exerce les fonctions du chef de village pendant son absence; commander, coordonner, ordonner, diriger, prescrire | (Rch) |
| New Zealand Maori | Rangi | Chief (generally in the form of respectful address: E rangi). | (Wms) |
| Rennellese | Gangi | To present a heap from the offerings to a guest; such an offering | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Lagi | To call out the different portions of food at a feast, and for whom intended | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Lani/ttia | To be divided into equal portions among many different people. | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Lani/tia | Receive something when things are divided or distributed; not be left out, be included in a group | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Rangi | Invoke, summon | (Fth) |
| Tikopia | Rangi/aki | Summon | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Angi | To exercise leadership or control; to issue instructions (habitually); to preside over, lead, direct... | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Engi/naki | To exhort, to urge to greater zeal or diligence.... Présider à un ouvrage (Btn). | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Lagi/lagi | Send on frequent errands | (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | Lagi | An agreement as to how much food should be provided for a gathering in *aahiga*. | (Rby) |
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