Protoform: AAPULU [NP] Crowded; to sink (esp. of overcrowded vessel)
| Description: | Crowded; to sink (esp. of overcrowded vessel) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luangiua | Apulu | Sink | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Apuru | Suffocated or smothered by pressure of a crowd. Etre embarssé, gêné; être lourd, lâche (par maladie, climat) | (Tgr) |
| New Zealand Maori | Aapuru | Crowd one upon another; shut up, suppress; overwhelm | (Wms) |
| Nuguria | (A)puru | Sink (of a canoe full of animals in a tale) | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Apuru | Sink (of boat) | (Trt) |
| Rennellese | ʔAapugu | To go below the surface of the sea, as a turtle does; to drown, sink, swallow much sea water | (Ebt) |
| Takuu | Apuru | (Of a canoe) Full, having little freeboard; (of an object that normally floats) sink | (Mle) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Apulu, s/apulu [NUP, obs.] | Sink, disappear | (Hvn) |
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