Protoform: TOGA-FITI [PN] Trick (esp. of foreigners)
| Description: | Trick (esp. of foreigners) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Togafisi | Combinaison, calcul, plan, compter, calculer, deliberer; qui sait faire des combinaisons, qui a la connaissance de navigation, habile à naviguer | (Rch) |
| Hawaiian | Konohiki | Headman of an ahuhenua land division | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | Togoʔiti | Nobility, land-owning class (Laval), Seigneur; titre donné aux rois, aux membres de la famille royale, et par extension, à la noblesse (Rch). | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Tonohiti | Très las, très fatigué Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Poʔi tokohiti te aoʔe | Les étrangers sont habiles, artistes | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Tokohiti | Dieu qui, selon la légende, brisa la falaise rocheuse du bord de mer et découvrit l'univers de la lumière (te aoma'ama) | (Lch) |
| Nukumanu | Tinohiti | Accomplished navigator, having magical as well as technical and astronomical knowledge | (Fbg) |
| Rennellese | Tongahiti | Stranger, foreigner, traveler, Melanesian | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Togafiti | A scheme, device, means, remedy; to devise means . Treat (give medical treatment to); attend, fix up; remedy; device, scheme, prank, trick (Mnr). | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Toahiti | The name of the god of the valleys Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dvs) |
| Tokelau | Togafiti | Treat medically; remedy, treatment, device, invention, idea; magical trick or illusion (performed in a show) | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Tongafisi | (To engage in) soothsaying, second sight or occultation; (to employ a) clever ruse or stratagem | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Toŋohiti | A strange ship, unknown vessel; an enemy warrior, foreigner; hostile war canoe; meteor; variety of stick insect; [...other insects] | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Togafiti | Trick, act of deceit, magic; trick or illusion; treatment (for sickness), remedy; idea, device, a way to overcome a problem (J) | (Rby) |
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