Protoform: TE-FUA [XW] One, single, alone

Description: One, single, alone
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to XW: West Polynesia (TON,NIU,EUV,EFU,SAM,TOK,TUV,NFO)
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *te 'specific article', *fua.1a 'fruit', *fua.5a 'only', SO *fua-qi 'unitizer'

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Tefua Etre seul; seul (postverbe) (Mfr)
East Uvea Tefua Un seul, unique; uniquement, seulement, exclusivement (Rch)
Samoan Faʔa/tefua Widower; single man (Prt)
Tongan Tefua One [in compounds meaning 'having one' or 'by oneself']; (in arithmetic) units (Cwd)
Tongan Tefooa Single, alone (Mar)

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