Protoform: TINIFU [PN] Co-wife
Description: | Co-wife |
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Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
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East Futuna | Tinifu | Etre polygame (avoir plusieurs femmes); épouses (d'un polygame), servantes | (Mfr) |
East Uvea | Sinifu | Polygamie, les femmes d'un polygame; serviteur, esclave | (Rch) |
Nukuoro | Dinihu | Industrious, hard-working | (Crl) |
Pukapuka | Te tiniu | The women-folk | (Bge) |
Samoan | Tinifu | Name given to all the women and children of one village the non-combatants, including women and children, sick and aged | (Prt) |
Tongan | Chinifoo | The wife of a king, or superior chief | (Mar) |
Tongan | Sinifu | Concubine, unmarried wife | (Cwd) |
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