Protoform: E.3 [PN] Vocative particle (pre- or postposed): *e(e)
| Description: | Vocative particle (pre- or postposed): *e(e) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Island | E...ee | Interj. de vocativo, a la cual se le intercala el substantivo | (Fts) |
| East Futuna | Ee | Oh! toi! (vocatif) | (Mfr) |
| Fijian | E | A vocative particle sometimes used to reinforce a call to a person | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | E | Vocative particle; a second ee often follows the head word for emphasis | (Pki) |
| Marquesas | E | Marque du vocatif...quelquefois on met un e avant le substantif et un après! | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | E | Vocative...often used after, as well as before a name; calling attention, or expressing surprise | (Wms) |
| Niue | Naa ee | Postposed vocative: O! | (McE) |
| Niue | Ee | Vocative particle: o, oh, behold... | (Sph) |
| Nukuoro | Ee | Vocative particle | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Ee | Hey! (usually used before a name with vocative force) | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | E...ee | Vocative particle, preceding and sometimes following a name | (Sby) |
| Raʔivavae | E | Expletive particle which personalizes or personifies the substantive affected | (Stn) |
| Rarotongan | E(e) | Vocative, before the noun | (Bse) |
| Rarotongan | E(e) | Exclamatory, after the noun; in admiration; often used with [preposed] e(e) as a more polite or formal way of calling or addressing someone | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Eee(e) | Exclamation, as at the beginning of formal greetings and in rituals | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | E | A call to gain attention | (Prt) |
| Samoan | -e | Vocative particle used after names and certain other words when calling, addressing, or talking to people | (Mnr) |
| Tahitian | E | A sign of the vocative case, being generally placed both before and after the noun... | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | E(e) | Vocative; use mostly limited to song lyrics... | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | E | Particle of address, suffixed or immediately following name or title | (Fth) |
| Tongan | ʔE | Sign of the vocative | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Ee | Interjection, used in calling, like 'hey' or untranslatable | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | E(e) | Vocative particle, phrase initial, pre-substantive; phrase or clause terminal, appears to be related to the distance between the speaker and the one addressed... | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | E | Hey there! Marker used before or after a name to attract attention | (Jsn) |
| West Futuna | E | Vocative particle before the noun | (Cpl) |
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