old (vs. young)
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<priest>
1 realization
Related shifts
ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
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Type | Cognates | |
Language 1 | Nukuoro | |
Language 2 | Rapanui | |
Lexeme 1 | koromatua | |
Lexeme 2 | oro-matuʔa | |
Meaning 1 | old (vs. young) | |
Direction | → | |
Meaning 2 | priest | |
Reference | POLLEX-Online | |
Comment | From *kolo-matu(q)a 'elderly or wise person', Penrhyn oromatua 'pastor, church minister', Pukapuka wolomatua 'pastor, priest' (post-contact from TAH via RAR), Rarotongan koromatua 'learned man, priest', Samoan loʔomatua 'old woman', Tahitian oromatua 'the skull of a dead relative preserved...the ghosts of the dead...', ʔorometua 'maître', orometua 'an instructor of any sort, either of religion, or of any art, or trade; an example, copy, or pattern', Tokelau kolomatua 'an old term for toeaina or old man', Tuamotu koromaatua 'a wise person'. |