Protoform: TEE-IA.* [NP] Demonstrative, this, that: *te(e)-ia

Description: Demonstrative, this, that: *te(e)-ia
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian
Notes:

*0 << PN *te "article", *ia.2 "this, that"
*1 Cf. NP *te(e)-nei "this".

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Leia Déterminant nominal: là-bas (démonstratif éloigné); là (éloigné, mais visible du locuteur et de l'interlocuteur); en question (anaphorique) Phonologically Irregular (Mfr)
Hawaiian Keeia This (Pki)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Teeia This; here is... (Krk)
Marquesas Teia. Teeia (Mtu). Démonstratif: ce, cette, cela, ça, celui-là, celle-là. This. (Lch)
Moriori Tchia, tchea This (Shd)
Niue Ha/teia This (obs.) Problematic (Sph)
Niue Haia That (referring to something already mentioned); that is, that is it, there it is, that is so, etc. Problematic (McE)
Nukuoro De ia The, thing, it (Crl)
Penrhyn Teeia This (this one with me, this one by me) (Sta)
Penrhyn Taie This (Lmt)
Pukapuka Teia This (Bge)
Pukapuka Teeia This (in chants); limited to phrase "teeia wawine" (Sby)
Rarotongan Te(e)ia This (Bse)
Samoan Lea That Phonologically Irregular (Prt)
Tahitian Teie, teʔie Ce, celui-ci, près du locuteur dans l'espace et dans le temps (Lmt)
Tokelau Teeia Singular demonstrative particle: that (away from both speaker and hearer) (Sma)
Tuamotu Teia This, this one (Stn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Taa That (obsolete demonstrative pronoun) Phonologically Irregular (Hvn)

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