Protoform: WAI-MATA [CE] Tears

Description: Tears
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian
Notes:

*0 << PN *wai.1 "water", *mata.1 "eye"\
*3 PRO *wai(R) ni mata 'tears' (LPO V:197).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Easter Island Vaimata Name of a point of land Problematic (Fts)
Fijian Wai ni mata Tears Problematic (Cpl)
Hawaiian Waimaka Tears (Pki)
Mangareva Vaimata Larme, tear (Chf)
Marquesas Vaimata Larmes. Pleurs (Lch). (Dln)
Pukapuka Vaimata Eyebrow Problematic (Mta)
Tuamotu Vai mata A tear (poet.) (Stn)

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