Protoform: ROFA [AN] Span, fathom
| Description: | Span, fathom |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to AN: Austronesian |
| Notes: | *5 PMP *depa "fathom" (ACD). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Lofa | Measure by fathoms. Mesurer (un tissu) les deux bras étendus; mesure de tissu, coupon (tissu). Parler en faisant des gestes; pleurer un mort en faiseant des gestes de danse. | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Lofa, lo/lofa, lofa/lofa | To measure by fathoms. Mesurer par brasses; se tenir par la main. | (Rch) |
| Emae | Rofa/a | Measure off, mark off | (Cpl) |
| Kapingamarangi | Loho | Fathom, measure v in fathoms | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Loha | Span, fathom | (Smd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Roha | Spread out | (Wms) |
| Niuatoputapu | Ofa | Fathom | (Dye) |
| Niue | Ofa | Fathom (measure of outstretched arms | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Roha | Measure of distance: handspan; ell (roha te kapakau); cubit (roha te pukurima); to measure (length or height) | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Loha | Fathom | (Crl) |
| Rennellese | Goha | Fathoms of line or distances | (Ebt) |
| Sikaiana | Loha- | (with numeral suffix) Fathoms; handspans | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Rofa | Fathom | (Hwd) |
| Takuu | Roha | Measure of distance between fingertips of outstretched hands: fathom | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Rofa | Fathom, a measure by complete stretch of two arms | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Ofa | Fathom | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | O´fá | To measure out lengths, to fathom | (Mar) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Lofa | Fathom | (Ray) |
| West Futuna | Rafa | Fathom (a measure of distance spanning the distance of one's outstretched arms); to measure. Phonologically Irregular | (Dty) |
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