Protoform: KOO-WAA [CE] Space between
| Description: | Space between |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 < PN *waa.2, also perhaps NP *wasi 'split' |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian | Koowaa | Intervening space or time; channel, canal...; separated, as by a passage or channel Phonologically Irregular | (Pki) |
| Hawaiian | ʔO(w)aa | Split, cracked, burst, grooved; to split, crack Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Pki) |
| New Zealand Maori | Mo/ko(w)aa | Space, interval (used particularly of space between the main posts in palisading of a fort). Phonologically Irregular | (Wms) |
| Tahitian | ʔOovaa/vaa | Careless, worthless, idle, as a vagrant (Dvs). Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Aca) |
| Tahitian | ʔOovaa/vaa | Catégorie de chants où toutes les voix s'arrêtent à un certain moment à l'exception du *hā'u*. Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Aca) |
| Tuamotu | Kooaa | To split apart, open out; to thin out, as trees; an area, space between objects; the mesh of a net (VHI,ANA) | (Stn) |
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