Protoform: FULU.2 [MP] Rub on (face or body); wash by rubbing or wiping
| Description: | Rub on (face or body); wash by rubbing or wiping |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *4 POC *pulu "rub to make clean, wash" (LPO I:243, V:482) |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Pu/puru | Wash clothes. To wash an object (other than oneself) (Fbg). | (Yen) |
| Anuta | Puru/puru | To wash one's self | (Fbg) |
| Anuta | Puru/nga/kere | Circumcision ceremony (lit. cleansing the dirt) | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Fu/fulu/ | Wash, as dishes (not clothes) | (Bgs) |
| East Futuna | Fu/fulu | Nettoyer; récurer | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | (Fu(lu))fulu | Laver, nettoyer; se frotter | (Rch) |
| East Uvea | Fulu/fulu | Faire sa toilette, ne pas se laver en entier, juste le visage et les bras | (Rch) |
| Emae | Furu/na | Wash (a sore or wound) | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Vulu | Wash hands | (Cpl) |
| Ifira-Mele | Furu/na | Wipe dry or clean | (Clk) |
| Luangiua | Hulu | Rub clean | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Hulu/hulu | Put muck on face | (Smd) |
| Niuafoʔou | Fu/fulu | Wash | (Dye) |
| Niue | Fu/fulu | To rinse, to wash out | (Sph) |
| Niue | Fulu | Straighten, shape, smoothen (making a hat) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| Nukuoro | Hulu | Apply liquid on, smear on | (Crl) |
| Nukuoro | Fu/fulu, fulu/a | To wash | (Crn) |
| Penrhyn | Huru | To wash (with a brush); brush made from coconut husk fibre | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Wu/wulu/ | To have a bath | (Mta) |
| Rapa | Uru | To clean | (MCl) |
| Rarotongan | ʔUru | Rub (as in washing) | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Hugu | Anoint or rub, as with perfume or turmeric; dye (hair) | (Ebt) |
| Rennellese | Hu/hugu | To brush off, as ants; to strip off hairs, as from panna | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Fu/fulu (pass. fulu/a) | To rub, to wash, to wipe | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Fulu/fulu | Wash (face and hands) | (Mnr) |
| Sikaiana | H/hulu | Rub something on body | (Dnr) |
| Sikaiana | Hulu | To smear with mud or dirt | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Furu | To paint with turmeric | (Hwd) |
| Takuu | Huru | Paint oneself with turmeric dye | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | (Fu)furu-na | Rub on; cleanse by rubbing; cleanse, in traditional ritual (esp. by rubbing with liquid) | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Fu/fulu | (of body or objects, excluding clothes) Wash (with water) | (Sma) |
| Tokelau | Fulu/fulu | Wash (face, hands and feet) | (Sma) |
| Tongan | (Fu)fulu | To wash or scrub | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Foo/fooloo | To wash; lavation, washing | (Mar) |
| Tuvalu | Fu/fulu | Wash (of hands, dishes, floor etc., but not clothes) | (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | Fulu (pl. ffulu) | Clean, wash | (Jsn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hulu-ina, fulu-ina | Rub, mash | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | (Fu)furu/na | To wipe, rub | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | (H)furu | To freshen one's face after sleep | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Furu/na (kea) | Enduire | (Rve) |
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