Protoform: TALA-WAI. [PN] Juice, liquid medicine
Description: | Juice, liquid medicine |
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Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
Notes: | *1 PPN *talawai "juice, sap" (Rby.1980). |
Pollex entries:
Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
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Hawaiian | Limu-kala-wai | Pond scum; filamentous, free-floating fresh-water algae | (Pki) |
New Zealand Maori | Tarawai | Juice, sap of a tree | (Wms) |
Rarotongan | Taraavai | Liquid, diluted, melted; fearful, anxious, disheartened | (Bse) |
Samoan | Talavai | Ask for or dispense medicine Problematic | (Prt) |
Tahitian | Taravai | Liquid, diluted with water, thin as paste; to be discouraged by fear, the heart become weak as water | (Dvs) |
Tongan | Tala vai | Ask for medicine Problematic | (Cwd) |
Tuvalu | Fale /talavai/ | Dispensary Problematic | (Rby) |
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