Protoform: WEKA.4 [CE] Hot, burnt

Description: Hot, burnt
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *wela
*8 MQA sometimes has /k/ for *l/*r, probably through dialect borrowing.

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Hawaiian Weʔa A red dye; to print or color red (Pki)
Marquesas Veka Chaleur intérieur; échauffement, inflammation (Dln)
Tahitian Veʔa Embrasement, incendie; brûler; être brûlé, échaudé, noirci par le feu. A burning, conflagration; to burn, to be scalded or scorched (Dvs). (Aca)
Tahitian Veʔa/veʔa Chaud. Heat, as the sun, or from a fire (Dvs). (Aca)
Tuamotu Veka The sun (obs.) (Stn)
Tuamotu Veka/veka Hot, burning, as the rays of the sun (Stn)

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