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Wiktionary:Etymology scriptorium/Proto-Polynesian Jun 3rd 2012, 02:00 +*qarofa ← Older revision Revision as of 02:00, 3 June 2012 Line 4: Line 4:   ::I generally tried to verify at least one Tongic cognate for each, but if you find any more slip-ups, do tell. I'll snoop around for something in Tongan before fixing this, though. --[[User:Metaknowledge|Μετάknowledge]]<small><sup>''[[User talk:Metaknowledge|discuss]]/[[Special:Contributions/Metaknowledge|deeds]]''</sup></small> 05:09, 2 June 2012 (UTC)   ::I generally tried to verify at least one Tongic cognate for each, but if you find any more slip-ups, do tell. I'll snoop around for something in Tongan before fixing this, though. --[[User:Metaknowledge|Μετάknowledge]]<small><sup>''[[User talk:Metaknowledge|discuss]]/[[Special:Contributions/Metaknowledge|deeds]]''</sup></small> 05:09, 2 June 2012 (UTC)   ::I found a veritable treasure trove on *Sawaiki and PPN: [http://www.unilang.org/viewtopic.php?f=104&t=22455 this thread at Unilang]. The takeaway is that ''Avaiki'' does exist in Niuean (no mention of Tongan), but the two arguing parties are locked on whether it is a recent borrowing/[[false friend]] or a legitimate derived term (where we would expect *Havaiki in Niuean instead). I'm leaning towards 19th-c. borrowing, but I'm still trying to save this one. --[[User:Metaknowledge|Μετάknowledge]]<small><sup>''[[User talk:Metaknowledge|discuss]]/[[Special:Contributions/Metaknowledge|deeds]]''</sup></small> 05:33, 2 June 2012 (UTC)   ::I found a veritable treasure trove on *Sawaiki and PPN: [http://www.unilang.org/viewtopic.php?f=104&t=22455 this thread at Unilang]. The takeaway is that ''Avaiki'' does exist in Niuean (no mention of Tongan), but the two arguing parties are locked on whether it is a recent borrowing/[[false friend]] or a legitimate derived term (where we would expect *Havaiki in Niuean instead). I'm leaning towards 19th-c. borrowing, but I'm still trying to save this one. --[[User:Metaknowledge|Μετάknowledge]]<small><sup>''[[User talk:Metaknowledge|discuss]]/[[Special:Contributions/Metaknowledge|deeds]]''</sup></small> 05:33, 2 June 2012 (UTC)   + ::Note that [[Appendix:Proto-Polynesian/qarofa|*qarofa]] is also suspect, and Pollex doesn't seem to have any info on it. Any help would be welcome. --[[User:Metaknowledge|Μετάknowledge]]<small><sup>''[[User talk:Metaknowledge|discuss]]/[[Special:Contributions/Metaknowledge|deeds]]''</sup></small> 02:00, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

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