Protoform: T-AUA [TA] Retrospective definitive, preposed to common nouns mentioned previously
| Description: | Retrospective definitive, preposed to common nouns mentioned previously |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to TA: Tahitic |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian | Ua | Refers to a previously mentioned noun Problematic | (Pki) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Taua | This, that | (Krk) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Aua | These | (Krk) |
| Marquesas | Hua | Ce dont on vient de parler, ce qui est connu: cela même, la même chose. Article: anaphoric (Mtu). Phonologically Irregular | (Lch) |
| Moriori | Wa | Those | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Taua | That, aforementioned | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Aua | Those, aforementioned | (Wms) |
| Penrhyn | Taua | Retrospective article | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Taua | That one understood --- only in a few ancient chants, late 18th C. Problematic | (Sby) |
| Raʔivavae | Taua (pl. aua) | That, those | (Stn) |
| Rarotongan | Taua | Demonstrative and relative pronoun; that aforementioned | (Sve) |
| Rarotongan | Aua | Those (two, three or four) previously referred to | (Bse) |
| Tahitian | Taua...ra | Ces...là, ce...là | (Lmt) |
| Tuamotu | Taua | That, the aforesaid | (Stn) |
| Tuamotu | Aua | Those (several) aforementioned | (Stn) |
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