Protoform: TIFA.2 [PN] Soar, swerve
Description: | Soar, swerve |
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Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *tipa "stagger, deviate, turn aside", CE *tii-tafa "swerve, slant" |
Pollex entries:
Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
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East Uvea | (Si)sifa | S'envoler, s'en aller | (Btn) |
Mangareva | Tiʔa | Tout object, toute chose dont le bout est courbé (on le dirait rarement d'un object qui présente une courbe au milieu); tirer l'arc Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rch) |
Niue | Tifa, lifa | Tilt sideways, capsize (of canoe) Phonologically Irregular | (McE) |
Nukuoro | Diha | Move something by using a lever Problematic | (Crl) |
Samoan | Tifa | Soar, hover (of a bird) | (Prt) |
Sikaiana | Tiha | Swerve out of control | (Dnr) |
Takuu | Tifa | Glide, soar (of a bird) | (Hwd) |
Takuu | Tiha/tiha | (of bird) Glide through the air, soar | (Mle) |
Tokelau | Tifa | Soar, hover (of a bird, aeroplane) | (Sma) |
Tongan | Sifa | Swerve, move off suddenly at an angle | (Cwd) |
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