Protoform: WAHA-WAHA [PN] Spread out, separated by intervals; not close together, not tight (of a joint or closure)
| Description: | Spread out, separated by intervals; not close together, not tight (of a joint or closure) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *waa.2, *wasa |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Vavaa | For crops to be planted spread out from each other | (Fbg) |
| Mangareva | Vaavaa | Déchiré (vêtements); se fendre, se fendiller Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Ta/vavaa | Disperser de côté et d'autre, s'en aller chacun de son côté, éparpiller Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Vava | Crevassé, qui perd de l'eau par les fentes | (Lch) |
| Moriori | Wawa | Scattering | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Wawaa | Scattered, separated, distributed | (Wms) |
| Niue | Vahavaha | To be spread out widely, to be spaced | (Sph) |
| Nukuoro | Vava | Leaky | (Crl) |
| Nukuoro | Vava de gede | Forgetful (esp. with increasing age) | (Crl) |
| Nukuoro | Vava de gudu | Talkative, indiscreet | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Vaavaa | To be at intervals | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Vaavaa | Spaced far apart | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Vaavaa | Spaced out, well apart; gaps, spaces | (Bse) |
| Tikopia | Vava | Gaping (applied e.g. to a wide joint in timber) | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Vahavaha | (of three or more) To be spaced out, to be well-spaced (in place or time) | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Vaavaa | To be placed at a distance, spacious | (Jsn) |
| Tuvalu | Vaavaa, vava | Apart, different | (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | Vava mamao = vaavaa mamao | Far different | (Rby) |
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