Protoform: WALA.2 [PN] Be apart, separated
| Description: | Be apart, separated |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *waa.2 'interval of space or time' |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Island | Vara/vara | Plantar semillas o plantitas dejando espacio entre ellas. To be separated. The few remaining (of a group, of many) (Wbr). | (Kvt) |
| Mangareva | Vara/vara | Etre clair, espacé, qui n'est pas serré. Thin, thinly sown; lightly scattered (Tgr). | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Ko/vara | Petit intervalle, petit espace | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Taa/vaara | Etre clair, peu serré, espacé (en parlant des plantations; se dit encore des cordes peu serrées dans leur confection); être affamé. avide d'avoir; ne pas participer à un jeuoded | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Whaka/wara/wara | To place at regular distances apart | (Sve) |
| Marquesas | Vaʔa/vaʔa (MQS), varavara (MQN) | Fluet, petit, mince, fin, de petite taille Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Lch) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tii/wara/ | Cleave in two | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Ko/wara/ | Force open | (Wms) |
| Niue | Vala | Piece, particle, portion Problematic | (Sph) |
| Niue | Vala/vala | Small pieces, crumbs | (Sph) |
| Rarotongan | Vaara | To be apart, as of distance; not close together | (Sve) |
| Samoan | Vala/vala | To be wide apart | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Vala/lua | Part in two | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Vara/vara | A claire-voie; épars, clairsemé, rare, rarement | (Lmt) |
| Tokelau | Vala | (of a road or path) Branch off; be different, be separate | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Fe/vaala/aki | (of person or mind) To be pulled or distracted this way and that, wondering...which of two or more courses to take | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Vara/vara | Wide apart, scattered | (Stn) |
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