Protoform: WAI-TAFE [PN] Stream, river

Description: Stream, river
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*0 << PN *wai "water", *tafe "flow"
*8 Note: It is unclear why there would be an Easter Island word for river.

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Easter Island Waitahe River Problematic (Chl)
East Futuna Vaitafe River, Stream (Mfr)
Emae Vai tafe Rivière (Rve)
Hawaiian Waikahe Stream (Pki)
Marquesas Ka/vai tahe Epave Uncertain Semantic Connection (Lch)
Marquesas Vaitahe Flood. Ruisseau, torrent, fleuve; débordement d'eau, inondation (Lch). Rivière, river [Southeast Marquesan Dialect] (Atl). (Dln)
Marquesas Ka/vai tahe vehie Bois mort charrié par l'eau des ruisseaux (Lch)
New Zealand Maori Waitahe/nga Ditch (Wms)
Niuafoʔou Vaitafe River (Gry)
Niue Vai tafe Waterfall, river (Sph)
Penrhyn Vaitahe Flowing water (Rmn)
Pukapuka Waitawe Name of large pond Problematic (Sby)
Samoan Vaitafe River, stream , River (Prt)
Tahitian Vai tahe Ruisseau, rivière (Jsn)
Tokelau Vaitafe River, stream (Sma)
Tongan Vy tafe A river, a brook (Mar)
Tongan Vaitafe River, stream (Cwd)
West Futuna Vaitafe River (Dty)

18 entries found

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