Protoform: WA-WAA [PN] Empty space, chasm
| Description: | Empty space, chasm |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *waa, *wasa |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquesas | Vava | Fond, fente, crevasses | (Dln) |
| Niue | Va/vaa | Ravine, a rocky hole with a narrow entrance | (Sph) |
| Tokelau | Vavaa | Holes in the reef which open out to the ocean, and which, at certain stages of the tide, contain particularly turbulent water | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Vavaa | Space between the earth and the sky | (Cwd) |
| West Futuna | Faka/vava (ANI) | Chasm, abyss | (Cpl) |
| West Futuna | Vava | Empty space. Ecartement (Rve). | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Vava/nea | Endroit ou il n'y a rien (ciel) | (Rve) |
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