Protoform: TE-TEA [PN] Albino, of light skin colour
| Description: | Albino, of light skin colour |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 << PN *tea "white". |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Tetea | Blanc, blanche | (Gzl) |
| East Uvea | Tetea | Blanc | (Btn) |
| Hawaiian | Kekea | Albino | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Teetea | White | (Clk) |
| Rennellese | Tetea | To be a little light | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Fefeʔa | Pale | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Tetea | Albino | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Tetea | A person who remains always in the shade, and thereby becomes white; also a phantom said to appear at a spring of water | (Dvs) |
| Tokelau | Tetea | Be an albino; pale, grey, whitish | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Tetea | Albino, or unnaturally pale; anaemic looking | (Cwd) |
| West Futuna | Ma/tetea | To come to a head (of boil) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Cpl) |
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