Entries from Pawley 1970 in Pollex-Online
Pawley, A. (1970). Grammatical reconstruction and change in Polynesian and Fiji. In S. A. Wurm and D. C. Laycock (Eds). Pacific linguistic studies in honour of Arthur Capell. Pacific Linguistics: Canberra.
| Language | Item | Description |
|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Ma- | Stativiser |
| East Futuna | Taki- | Distributive prefix |
| Emae | Ma | We (1 exc. dual subject pronoun) |
| Emae | Ma | |
| Fijian | Ko ~ o | Second person singular, preposed Problematic |
| Fijian | Ma- | Stativiser (semi-productive) |
| Fijian | Ma/ru | Nadi dialect |
| Hawaiian | E | Non-past |
| Hawaiian | Hua | Only, just |
| Hawaiian | Ma- | Stativiser |
| Hawaiian | Kaʔi- | Distributive prefix |
| Hawaiian | Kua- | Generations back, two...more than the suffixed number; Once, twice, three times, twofold, etc. (rare) |
| Kapingamarangi | E | General, habitual |
| New Zealand Maori | Pea(a) | Perhaps, probably |
| New Zealand Maori | Taki- | Distributive prefix |
| New Zealand Maori | Tua- | N times |
| Nukuoro | E | General |
| Nukuoro | Ma- | Stativiser |
| Rarotongan | Taki- | Distributive prefix |
| Rarotongan | Tua- | Ordinal |
| Samoan | ʔO | Present progressive |
| Samoan | Ma(a)- | Stativiser (semi-productive |
| Samoan | Ma | We two |
| Samoan | Taʔi- | Distributive prefix |
| Sikaiana | Ni | Past tense marker |
| Tokelau | Kimaa | 1st person dual exclusive pronoun: we two (he and I), us |
| Tongan | Ke | Second person singular, preposed |
| Tongan | ʔOku | Progressive Problematic |
| Tongan | Taki- | Distributive prefix |
| Tuamotu | Taki- | Distributive prefix |
| Tuvalu | Tua- | Ordinal (Nanumea dialect) Problematic |
| Waya | Ma(a)- | Stativiser (semi-productive) |
