Protoform: FAKA-UMI-UMI [XW] Reluctant

Description: Reluctant
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to XW: West Polynesia (TON,NIU,EUV,EFU,SAM,TOK,TUV,NFO)
Notes:

*1 Cf. SO *umi 'suck'

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Uvea Umiumi/noa Honteux, gêné, embarrassé (Rch)
Niue Fakaumiumi Reluctance; to slow down, to hold back (Sph)
Samoan Faʔaʔumiʔumi/noa To lose interest in everything through grief; to be melancholy (Prt)
Tongan Fakaumiumi/noa To mope; to be gloomy or sombre (Cwd)

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