Protoform: WAI.2 [NP] Name of a lunar month or season
Description: | Name of a lunar month or season |
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Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
Notes: | *8 Cf. PPN *wai.1 'water', *wai-muqa, *wai-muri |
Pollex entries:
Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
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East Uvea | Vai/movai | Saison des cyclones | (Rch) |
Easter Island | Bai/tunui | Old name of month corresponding to April | (Fts) |
Tokelau | Vai/noa | The ninth month of the Tokelau traditional year, from mid-August to mid-September (during Vainoa it is hot and very calm and windless) | (Sma) |
Tuamotu | Vai/tua | The sixth month | (Stn) |
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