< Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian
Reconstruction:Proto-Polynesian/fesi
Proto-Polynesian
Etymology
Compare Fijian bese, Malay benci.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fesi/
Verb
*fesi
- to hate, dislike
Adjective
*fesi
- upset
Descendants
- Nuclear Polynesian:
- Eastern Polynesian:
- Marquesic:
- Hawaiian: hehi
- Mangarevan: veʻi
- Marquesan: vehivehi
- Tahitic:
- Maori: wehi
- Tuamotuan: vehi
- Marquesic:
- Western Polynesian:
- Ellicean–Futunic:
- Pukapukan: veia
- Tuvaluan: vvesi
- Samoic:
- Samoan: vevesi
- Tokelauan: vevehi, vēhia
- Ellicean–Futunic:
- Eastern Polynesian:
Further reading
- Polynesian Lexicon Project Online – FESI.2