Protoform: TAFE-GA [PN] Small flow or current; place of flow or current; small channel
| Description: | Small flow or current; place of flow or current; small channel |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 < PN *tafe 'flow' |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Tafega vai | Ruisseau, gouttière | (Rch) |
| Hawaiian | Kahena wai | Stream bed, stream | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | Taʔega | Trace de liquide qui a coulé; lit d'un ruisseau à sec; endroit par ou passe habituellement le poisson | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Tahena | Conduit | (Dln) |
| Pukapuka | Tawenga | Stone-walled fish weir | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Taʔenga | A fishing area or ground...; act of flowing, current flow | (Bse) |
| Samoan | Taafega | A freshet; to flow in a river | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Taahena | A flood or overflow of water, a flow of water | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Tafena | Mouth of passage through reef | (Hwd) |
| Takuu | Taahena | Mouth of a channel between islands | (Mle) |
| Tokelau | Taafega | The strong flow of sea on the reef during a rough sea, flooding | (Sma) |
| Tokelau | Tafega | A small flow of water during low tide which is used by fish either to go outside the reef or come into the lagoon | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Tafenga, tafeʔanga | Place or gutter, etc., where something flows | (Cwd) |
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