Protoform: WAO-A [PN] Overgrown
| Description: | Overgrown |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 < PN *wao 'forest', *-a |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Vaoa | Etre embroussaillé | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Vaoa | Etre couvert d'herbes, de bois; inculte; au fig. poilu | (Rch) |
| Mota | Vaoaa | To be overgrown by weeds | (Jsn) |
| Samoan | Vaoa | Overgrown with weeds | (Prt) |
| Tikopia | Vao/vao/a | Covered in weeds | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Vaoa | (of a garden) Be full of weeds; (of an island, land, etc.) be overgrown with unwanted bushes and trees | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Vaoa | More or less overgrown with forest or scrub or weeds | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Váooa | Uncultivated (as land); overrun with weeds; fallow | (Mar) |
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