Protoform: FE-HAGA-I [PN] To meet, encounter, confront

Description: To meet, encounter, confront
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*0 << PN *fe-, *haga.2 "turn, face towards"

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Feagai Etre tourné vers...; face à face, en présence, en face (Gzl)
East Futuna Faka/feagai Face à face; en choeur (Gzl)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Wheanga To meet (Sve)
New Zealand Maori Haangai Opposite, confronting; across, at right angles, astride Phonologically Irregular (Wms)
Niue Fehagai Meet, come face to face with someone; relationship (Sph)
Nukuoro Feangai To meet (Crn)
Samoan Faʔa/feagai Face up to, put up with (Prt)
Tokelau Faka/feangai Be opposite to, face directly, confront (Sma)
Tongan Fehangai, fehangaaki To face each other, or be opposite each other (Cwd)
Tongan Feangai (of houses, properties) Be opposite, face each other; (of persons) be frequently or constantly in each other's company Phonologically Irregular (Cwd)

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