Protoform: FOLI.1 [FJ] Go here and there, back and forth, round about

Description: Go here and there, back and forth, round about
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to FJ: Fijic
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *fuli.1 'turn'

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Foli Travel about, make a tour of (Bgs)
East Uvea Foli Tourner, faire le tour de, envirrone mettre autour de (Btn)
Fijian Voli Indefinite movement (Pawley 1970) (Cpl)
Ifira-Mele Fori/a Go around; surround (Clk)
Mangareva ʔOri Quête, fouille, recherche (Rch)
Marquesas Ho/hoʔi te mokuku (MQN) Se gargariser, gargle Uncertain Semantic Connection (Chf)
New Zealand Maori Hori ki waho Go forth, go out (Not in Wms.) (Bgs)
New Zealand Maori Hori Be gone by, be past (Wms)
Niuafoʔou Foli Stroll (Tmo)
Penrhyn Oriori To wander around . Problematic (Rmn)
Pukapuka Woli/woli To flirt with someone (Mta)
Rennellese Hogi To go by canoe a short distance (Ebt)
Rennellese Ho/hogi/ Turn or swerve, as a bird before landing (Ebt)
Tahitian Hori To riot, dance, wander about; riot, wild or loose mirth; a rioter, player (Dvs)
Tahitian Ho/hori To go about begging or demanding as the arioi (Dvs)
Tongan Foli To go here and there, round about (Cwd)
Tongan Foli Round about, encircling; to circumvent, to surround; to spread about (as vegetation) (Mar)
Tuvalu Foli To walk back and forth (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Holi/nga Activity (Hvn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Hua/holi-a Turn over (pot, canoe, etc.): cover (Hvn)
Waya Vali Indefinite, movement, progressive movement (Pawley 1970) Problematic (Ply)
West Futuna Fori-a To go around. Enclose (Cpl). Planer en ronde (Rve). (Dty)
West Futuna Faka/fori-a To turn over 180 degrees, flip over, turn upside down. Chavirer (Rve). (Dty)

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