Protoform: SE.1 [NP] Non-specific article
| Description: | Non-specific article |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 << PN *sa |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | E | Indefinite article singular | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Se | Indefinite article | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | He | Indefinite article | (Rch) |
| Hawaiian | He | Indefinite article | (Pki) |
| Luangiua | He | Singular indefinite article | (Smd) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | E | Indefinite nominal predicate marker Phonologically Irregular | (Krk) |
| Marquesas | E. ʔE (Mtu). | Article indéfini qui se place devant les noms communs. Article: indefinite (Mtu). | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | He | Article indéfini qui, employé après 'io, ma, désigne un nom commun ou bien un lieu. Particule verbale qui désigne un nom commun, une realité indéfinie. Article: indefinite (Mtu). | (Lch) |
| Moriori | (H)e | Indefinite nominal predicate marker | (Bke) |
| New Zealand Maori | He | Preposed nominal particle non-specific for number and identity, a, an, some; nominal predicate marker | (Bgs) |
| Niuafoʔou | He | Non-specific determiner | (Tmo) |
| Nuguria | He | [indefinite article] | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | He | Indefinite article | (Trt) |
| Penrhyn | He | Particle marking nominal predicate | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | Hee | One | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | E | Indefinite article | (Bge) |
| Rapa | E | Indefinite article | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | ʔE | Indefinite article...used essentially for nominal and nominalising predication... | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | He | Singular, non-specific | (Ebt) |
| Rennellese | Se | Variant of he heard in a few taped rituals | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Se | Indefinite article (used mainly in questions and negative statements): A, an, one, any | (Mnr) |
| Sikaiana | He | Indefinite article, any | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | E | Marque du prédicat (devant les formes nominales): "c'est", "il y a" Phonologically Irregular | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | Se | A, an (indefinite article) | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Se | Indefinite article singular; a, some, a portion of | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | He | Indefinite nonspecific singular article | (Hpr) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | E, he [NUP] (rare) | A, article (singular non-specific indefinite) | (Hvn) |
| West Uvea | He | Art. indéf.: un (quelconque) | (Hmn) |
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