Protoform: TEFA.1 [CE] Boast, brag, show off; false display of emotion
| Description: | Boast, brag, show off; false display of emotion |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Tefa | Pleurer, qui pleure de depit, de colere, par caprice, par boutarde Problematic | (Gzl) |
| East Futuna | Tefa | Etre très attaché à sa mère; faire des caprices pour rester auprès de sa mère (pour les bébés) (terme ancien); caprice | (Mfr) |
| Hawaiian | Keha | Pride, brag, height, dignity | (Pki) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tewha | Garrulous; a spell used when planting sweet-potato | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tewha/tewha | An axe-like wooden weapon brandished in speech-making | (Bgs) |
| Tahitian | Tefa/tefa | Spreading bunches of cock tail feathers attached to the tops of masts, this being the special rigging of the `arioi canoe | (Hry) |
| Tahitian | Tefa/tefa | To look repeatedly at one's dress from conceit | (Dvs) |
| Tongan | Tefa | Fondling; a loving and caressing manner Problematic | (Bkr) |
| Tuamotu | Tefa | Boaster | (Stn) |
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