Protoform: WAI-WAI [PN] Weak, watery
| Description: | Weak, watery |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Vaivai/tama | Afterbirth | (Fbg) |
| Easter Island | Vaivai | Weak | (Chl) |
| Mangareva | Vaivai | Cloque; blister, swelling. Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Chf) |
| Mangareva | Vaivai | Etre humide, mouillé; semen humanum, sperme | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Maivai | Etre fade au goût Phonologically Irregular | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Vaivai | Juteux; couvert d'huile de coco, de parfums; rendre clair, moins épais | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Pae hu, ear’vi’vi | Supple, flexible | (Rbs) |
| Niuafoʔou | Vaivai | Old; weak | (Tmo) |
| Niue | Va/vai | Spongy, rubbery (of taro) | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Vaivai (pl. vvai) | Juicy | (Dvl) |
| Nuguria | Vaivai | Schwach, müde | (Ths) |
| Nukuoro | Vaivai | Watery | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | Vaivai | Soft, muddy | (Bge) |
| Rotuman | Vaivai | Flexible, easily bent | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Vaaivai | Weak (of the body); easily broken, as a stick of wood. Weak (of people or things); soft; tired; timid, faint-hearted; light, pale (of colours); faint (of sounds). | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Vaivai | Watery, as thin gruel; loose, not tight, as a rope. Puddle (Mnr). | (Prt) |
| Tikopia | Vaivai | Watery, of food > | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Vaivai | Soft, tender | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Vaivai | Weak (of tea etc.), mild (of cheese); lose, be beaten, in subjection; pale (of colours) | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Vy-vy | Weak, debilitated, faint | (Mar) |
| Tuvalu | Vaivai | Dilute with water | (Rby) |
| West Uvea | Taitai | Aqueux Problematic | (Hmn) |
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