Entries from Pawley 1970 in Pollex-Online
Pawley, A. (1970). Grammatical reconstruction and change in Polynesian and Fiji. In S. A. Wurm and D. C. Laycock (Eds). Pacific linguistic studies in honour of Arthur Capell. Pacific Linguistics: Canberra.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian | E | Non-past |
| Kapingamarangi | E | General, habitual |
| Nukuoro | E | General |
| Hawaiian | Hua | Only, just |
| Fijian | Ko ~ o | Second person singular, preposed Problematic |
| Tongan | Ke | Second person singular, preposed |
| Samoan | ʔO | Present progressive |
| Tongan | ʔOku | Progressive Problematic |
| East Futuna | Ma- | Stativiser |
| Fijian | Ma- | Stativiser (semi-productive) |
| Hawaiian | Ma- | Stativiser |
| Nukuoro | Ma- | Stativiser |
| Samoan | Ma(a)- | Stativiser (semi-productive |
| Waya | Ma(a)- | Stativiser (semi-productive) |
| Fijian | Ma/ru | Nadi dialect |
| Emae | Ma | We (1 exc. dual subject pronoun) |
| Samoan | Ma | We two |
| Tokelau | Kimaa | 1st person dual exclusive pronoun: we two (he and I), us |
| Fijian | Ma/ru | Nadi dialect |
| Emae | Ma | |
| Sikaiana | Ni | Past tense marker |
| New Zealand Maori | Pea(a) | Perhaps, probably |
| East Futuna | Taki- | Distributive prefix |
| Hawaiian | Kaʔi- | Distributive prefix |
| New Zealand Maori | Taki- | Distributive prefix |
| Rarotongan | Taki- | Distributive prefix |
| Samoan | Taʔi- | Distributive prefix |
| Tongan | Taki- | Distributive prefix |
| Tuamotu | Taki- | Distributive prefix |
| Hawaiian | Kua- | Generations back, two...more than the suffixed number; Once, twice, three times, twofold, etc. (rare) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tua- | N times |
| Rarotongan | Tua- | Ordinal |
| Tuvalu | Tua- | Ordinal (Nanumea dialect) Problematic |
