Protoform: WALE.3 [FJ] Of no account, ordinary; only, just
| Description: | Of no account, ordinary; only, just |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to FJ: Fijic |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
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| Fijian | Wale | Not worth while, very ordinary, very easy, tired; only, merely | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Wale | Postposed particle: only, just, very; alone; without payment, cause or reason; gratuitous, free, casual | (Pki) |
| Luangiua | Vale | Useless, weak | (Smd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Ware | Mean, low in social position | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Ware/ware | Of no account, mean, low-born | (Wms) |
| Nukumanu | Vare | Just, nothing but; merely; common (people); desolate | (Trt) |
| Samoan | Vale | Worthless; unproductive (of land); needless; inactive | (Prt) |
| Takuu | Vare | Ordinary, plain, common, not special; as usual, normally, without any special property or incident (usually followed by koi); | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Vare | Silly, trivial | (Fth) |
| Tikopia | Vare/vare | General sense of not belonging to systematic order: at random, haphazard, in every direction, out of focus, etc.; common, ordinary (in social or technical status) | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Vale | Of no avail, futile, worthless, unproductive; (useless, meaningless) | (Sma) |
| Tuvalu | Vale | In vain, worthless, futile | (Jsn) |
| Waya | Wale | Merely, without reason | (Ply) |
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