Protoform: NUAFINE [NP] Old woman, wife
| Description: | Old woman, wife |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> CE *ru(w)ahine |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Nopine | Wife | (Fbg) |
| Easter Island | Nuahine | Mujer vieja, anciana | (Egt) |
| Easter Island | Nua | Term of respect or endearment used in addressing or referring to elder women. Madre (es la voz antigua, pero en uso todavia, por *matu'a poreko* o *matu'a tamahahine*) (Fts). o | (Wbr) |
| Easter Island | Nuehine | Old woman | (Chl) |
| Ifira-Mele | Nuufine | Old woman, wife | (Clk) |
| Takuu | Nofine | Wife | (Hwd) |
| Tikopia | Nofine | Wife | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Nuafine | An old term for an old woman | (Sma) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Nohine, nuohine, nofine | Wife, old woman | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | No/nohine | Old woman | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Nofune (FUT), nafune, nahune, nofune, nohune (ANI). | Old woman | (Cpl) |
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