Protoform: TAI [CE] A kin term or social category: age-class?
| Description: | A kin term or social category: age-class? |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *tau-.7b 'prefix marking reciprocal kin relations' |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian | Kai- | Prefix to six kinship terms (kaina, kua'ana, kunaane, kuahine, ko'eke, kamahine) used as terms of reference | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | Taʔi ʔou | Nouvelle génération Phonologically Irregular | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Tai | Epoque, génération, race, postérité, contemporains, âge | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tai | Term of address to males or females (E tai); in some tribes, restricted to addressing a woman who has borne children | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tai/kuia | Old woman; middle-aged woman (with some tribes) | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tai/tamariki | Young man, young person of either sex | (Wms) |
| Pukapuka | Tai/tangata | Generation; birth class, group born in same year, a fellow member of the group | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Tai/rua | Pair up with, team up; partner, fellow (of two) | (Bse) |
| Takuu | Naa tai | A number of canoes constructed at the same time | (Mle) |
| Tuamotu | Tai | A class, family, species, variety, kind; sex... | (Stn) |
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