Protoform: WESA [FJ] Bracelet

Description: Bracelet
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to FJ: Fijic
Notes:

*8 Distribution and irregular correspondences suggest a late borrowing

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Vesa Bracelet, collier en liane (pour les danseurs ou les guerriers) (Mfr)
East Uvea Vesa Bracelet (de fleurs ou de gatu); sorte de jarretière que les fringants se mettent aux jambes (mot fidijien) Phonologically Irregular (Rch)
Fijian Vesa An ornament of leaves around the legs or arms (Cpl)
Tongan Vesa Bracelet, bangle, wristlet Phonologically Irregular (Cwd)
Tongan Vesa A bracelet of any kind Phonologically Irregular (Mar)

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