feke
Rotuman
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly from Proto-Central Pacific *teŋge (“to reject, to refuse”), but the semantic shift from “reject/refuse” to “anger” is difficult to explain, and the limited attestation in other Central Pacific languages outside of Polynesian makes this reconstruction uncertain.[1]
Compare Proto-Polynesian *teke.
Verb
feke (construct form fek) (stative)
- to be angry, to be annoyed, to be vexed
- Synonym: rehu
- Ia fek se fā ta.
- S/he is angry about this matter.
- to object to, to be against, to be averse from
- ʻEake gou fek se garue ta.
- I don't object to the work.
Derived terms
- aʻfek huga (“annoying, provoking to anger”)
- aʻfeke (“to annoy, to make angry”)
- aʻfekfeke (“to be sulky, to act as if angry, to pretend to be angry”)
- fekʻạki (“to be angry because of”)
See also
- fạri (“to scold, to reprimand, to reprove”)
- fȧrʻạki, taʻo (“to express anger by words”)
- kosi (“to be furious, to be enraged”)
- meo (“to be offended, to be resentful”)
- roto (“temper, passion”)
- rū (“to be painful, to suffer, to grieve”)
- suhi (“to annoy, to irritate, to tease”)
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “TEKE.4”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
- Churchward, C.M. (1940), “feke”, in Rotuman Grammar and Dictionary[1], Sydney, Australia: Methodist Church of Australasia, →ISBN, page 199
- Inia, Elizabeth K.; Arntsen, Sofie; Schmidt, Hans; Rensel, Jan; Howard, Alan (1998), “angry feke, rehu”, in A New Rotuman Dictionary: An English–Rotuman Wordlist[2], Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, revision of Rotuman Grammar and Dictionary by Churchward, C.M., →ISBN, pages 4, 161
Tongan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *feke. Cognates include Māori wheke, Rapa Nui hehe, Samoan fe'e and Hawaiian heʻe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fe.ke/
Noun
feke