Protoform: WAI-TAFE [PN] Stream, river

Description: Stream, river
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*0 << PN *wai "water", *tafe "flow"
*8 Note: It is unclear why there would be an Easter Island word for river.

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Vaitafe River, Stream (Mfr)
Easter Island Waitahe River Problematic (Chl)
Emae Vai tafe Rivière (Rve)
Hawaiian Waikahe Stream (Pki)
Marquesas Vaitahe Flood. Ruisseau, torrent, fleuve; débordement d'eau, inondation (Lch). Rivière, river [Southeast Marquesan Dialect] (Atl). (Dln)
Marquesas Ka/vai tahe Epave Uncertain Semantic Connection (Lch)
Marquesas Ka/vai tahe vehie Bois mort charrié par l'eau des ruisseaux (Lch)
New Zealand Maori Waitahe/nga Ditch (Wms)
Niuafoʔou Vaitafe River (Gry)
Niue Vai tafe Waterfall, river (Sph)
Penrhyn Vaitahe Flowing water (Rmn)
Pukapuka Waitawe Name of large pond Problematic (Sby)
Samoan Vaitafe River, stream , River (Prt)
Tahitian Vai tahe Ruisseau, rivière (Jsn)
Tokelau Vaitafe River, stream (Sma)
Tongan Vaitafe River, stream (Cwd)
Tongan Vy tafe A river, a brook (Mar)
West Futuna Vaitafe River (Dty)

18 entries found

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