Protoform: SEWA.B [EP] Mourning practices or ceremonies
| Description: | Mourning practices or ceremonies |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to EP: East Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Island | Heva | A form of deranged behaviour following on the death of a relative | (Fts) |
| Mangareva | ʔAka/eva | Se peindre le visage et le corps | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Heva | Danse nue, très indécente. Pleurer, lament for (Ua Pou) (Atl). Deuil, mourning [Northwest Marquesan Dialect] (Atl). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Haka/heva | Danser toute nue, danse où les femmes sont tontes nues | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Hekka-áiva | To go naked | (Crk) |
| New Zealand Maori | Hewa | Bald (strictly having the top of the head bald) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Wms) |
| Penrhyn | Seva | Kind of chant; to weep, bark, cry. Wailing and blood-drawing (Bck). | (Sta) |
| Raʔivavae | Heva | To weep, lament, wail;to mourn; to howl (of dogs); a dirge, death-chant | (Stn) |
| Rarotongan | ʔEva | Lamentation, mourning | (Mka) |
| Tahitian | Heva | Habit de deuil, être en deuil | (Lmt) |
| Tuamotu | Heva | Formal lamentation; dirge or elegy for the dead | (Stn) |
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