Protoform: WALE-A.A [PN] Mad, ignorant, foolish
| Description: | Mad, ignorant, foolish |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *wale.2 |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Varea | Intensified form of vare (fool, foolish), sometimes used to connote process [e.g.become foolish, go crazy] | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Vakea | Ne pas savoir, être ignorant, être fou (singulier); folie; mongolien, simple d'esprit | (Mfr) |
| Marquesas | Paʔea | Délire, espèce de folie Phonologically Irregular | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Paʔe/paʔea | Simplet, distrait; dim, absent-minded Phonologically Irregular | (Chf) |
| Marquesas | Piáia | Insane, deranged Phonologically Irregular | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | Pah, air | Blockish, foolish | (Rbs) |
| Samoan | Valea | Mad, insane; stupid, dull-witted. Ignorant (Prt). | (Mnr) |
| Tikopia | Varea | Without order, wildly, foolishly, wrongly; crazy, mad (.e. mentally disturbed) | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Valea | Foolish, stupid, silly, crazy about, mad | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Valea | Insane | (Mar) |
| Tuvalu | Valea | Stupid, ignorant, uneducated. Foolish, irresponsible (Rby). | (Jsn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Vale-a | Ignorant, not know. | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ngo/valea | Not know something, be ignorant; not recognize | (Hvn) |
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