Protoform: WALE.1 [PN] Slimy, slimy substance
| Description: | Slimy, slimy substance |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> NP *suqa-wale "expectorate, spittle" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Vare | Phlegm, semen, etc. | (Yen) |
| Anuta | Varevare | Fluids in vagina during intercourse. | (Fbg) |
| Arosi | Wawe | Stale food Problematic | (Fox) |
| Arosi | Wawena | Saliva Problematic | (Fox) |
| Arosi | Wawera | Slime. Problematic | (Fox) |
| East Futuna | Vale/ga faanau | Afterbirth | (Mfr) |
| East Futuna | Va/vale/ | Glutineux, visqueux | (Mfr) |
| Easter Island | Vare | Spittle, saliva | (Fts) |
| Fijian | Weli | Drivel, slobber, slaver Problematic | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Weli/welia | Slimy Problematic | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Welu | Spittle, mucus Problematic | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Vara | Spongy flesh of sprouting coconut Problematic | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Wale | Slime, mucous, phlegm, sticky sap. | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Vare | Soft inner meat of sprouting coconut | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Walee | Slime. | (Lbr) |
| Kapingamarangi | Wale/wale | Soup of grated coconut apple, coconut meat, water and sugar | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Vale | Slime on snake [snail?] | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Vare mata | Chassie, rheum. | (Chf) |
| Mangareva | Vare | Slimy exudation (from eyes, bark of certain trees, from fish). Humidité; humeur gluante sortant des yeux; sperme, glaire; liquide gluante de l'écorce de certains arbres et de certains poissons. Sperme (Atl). | (Jnu) |
| Mangareva | Mata/vare | Etre chassieux | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Vaʔe | Mucilage, pituite, salive épaisse, mucosité. Chassie (Dln). | (Lch) |
| Moriori | Ware | Saliva | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Ware | Viscous fluid, exudation from trees, spittle. | (Wms) |
| Nuguria | Vare/vare | Going bad (solid food, such as taro, rice, etc., and coconut oil) | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Vale | mold (fungus), any slippery jelly-like substance | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Vare | Slime | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | Vare/vare | Slimy substance; flesh of coconut which is still soft | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Vale | Any secretion of slimy consistency, slime, sexual secretion, sap | (Bge) |
| Pukapuka | Valevale/a | Slimy. | (Mta) |
| Pukapuka | Vale/a | To have climaxed sexually | (Bge) |
| Raʔivavae | Wagi [sic] | Slime | (Zpn) |
| Rarotongan | Va/vare | Saliva, spittle | (Bse) |
| Samoan | Va/vale/ | Slimy, glutinous, viscous; mucus, slime | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Vale/a | Slimy, of one-day-old food | (Dnr) |
| Sikaiana | Vale/vale | Phlegm in the throat | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Vare | Pus des yeux, chassie. The matter of a diseased eye (Dvs). | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | Vare | Slime from a fish or plant | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Vale | Resin, saliva; valevale :slippery, gummy. | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Vavale | Slimy, of mucous, fish slime etc. | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Vavale | Slime, slimy. | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Vare | Slime, viscous fluid, matter | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Va/vale/ | Watery | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Vale | To spit | (Ray) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | I/vale | Spittle | (Ray) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | I/vale-a | Spit (betelnut, water, in small portions) | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Vare | Slimy | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Na/vare/vare | Albumen liquide | (Rve) |
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