Protoform: FOTA.1A [PN] Squeeze
| Description: | Squeeze |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Fota | Palper, frotter avec les mains | (Rch) |
| Emae | Fota/ia | Squeeze | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Hoka | Squeeze, strain (as kava or liquids through fibres); disappointed, thwarted, baffled | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | Tu/ʔota | Etre empressé, qui ne souffre pas de délai Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Hota | Clarifier le kava | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Hota/hota | (of popoi) Mal préparée, pleine de petits morceaux de fruits à pain non écrasés Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Huto/huto | (of popoi) Plain de nodosités Problematic | (Lch) |
| New Zealand Maori | Hota | Press on | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Hotahota | Urge on, hasten | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Hohota | Persist | (Wms) |
| Niue | Fo/fota | Squeeze, throttle, press | (Sph) |
| Niue | Fota/fota | To press repeatedly, massage | (Sph) |
| Pukapuka | Wota | Be grounded on, to strike against (of a canoe); to lie on (of lovers); wota te manava, to pierce the heart; to be heart-breaking Problematic | (Bge) |
| Tongan | Fota | Massage by squeezing | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Fota | The ceremony of pressing a chief's foot upon the belly of a person taboo'd; also, their method of compressing the skin to relieve pain | (Mar) |
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