Protoform: WASA [CP] Open sea, sea distance between places
| Description: | Open sea, sea distance between places |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CP: Central Pacific |
| Notes: | *2 PCP *wasa. |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Vata | Ocean wastes; the open sea, out of sight of land | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Vasa | Intervalle; passe (entre Futuna et `Alofi); être espacé, être à distance | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Vaha | Distance, haute mer, espace | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | Vaha | Hendedura, abertura de un cuerpo; espacia entre los dedos de la mano (vaha rima) | (Fts) |
| Easter Island | Vaha takitua | Perineum (Thomson) | (Fts) |
| Easter Island | Vaha maŋa | Fork (between two branches) | (Wbr) |
| Emae | (A)vatavata | Horizon Phonologically Irregular | (Clk) |
| Fijian | Wasa | Ocean | (Cpl) |
| Mangareva | Vaʔa | Espace, intervalle | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Vaha | Ecarté, séparé, non joint, non réuni | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Haʔa/vaha | Make an opening (e.g. for passage of people) | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Me/vaha | Séparé, désuni, écarté, disjoint, répandu partout | (Dln) |
| Niue | Vaha | Horizon, expanse of the ocean | (Sph) |
| Niue | Tuta/vaaha. Tuta/vaha (Sph). | The ocean; out at sea. Horizon of the ocean; out to sea (Sph). | (McE) |
| Penrhyn | Vasa | Interval; just now (in the past); right now (in the future) | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | Vasa nei | At this moment Problematic | (Rmn) |
| Pukapuka | Vaya | Open sea between two points (arch.) | (Sby) |
| Rennellese | Basa | Far, deep ocean | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Vasa | Far out at sea; stand between | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Vasa | Open sea (Mnr), the ocean, especially of the space between two distant points... (Prt) | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Vasa/o | Sea as an interval of space between two places | (Sps) |
| Sikaiana | Vaasa/o | A free space in time or place; an unoccupied time or empty place; the place of someone, his role, job, responsibilities; the area between swamp gardens {taluano} where it is possible to stand up. | (Dnr) |
| Tikopia | Vasa | Open space; empty space, esp. of cosmic kind; in marine context, ocean wastes | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Vaha | Ocean, wide ocean, open sea | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Vaha | Open sea, sea as an interval of space and time between two places | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Vaha | Ocean | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Vaa | Ocean | (Hvn) |
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