Protoform: FUTA.1 [CP] To inflate, swell up; float of fishing net; to boast
Description: | To inflate, swell up; float of fishing net; to boast |
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Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CP: Central Pacific |
Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *fula.1 |
Pollex entries:
Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
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East Futuna | Futa | Gonfler (intrans.), enfler; enflure | (Mfr) |
East Uvea | Fu(ta)(futa) | Enflure, gonflement, tuméfaction; enflé, gonflé, saillant | (Rch) |
Luangiua | Haa/huka. Ha/huka. | Make swell. Swell. | (Smd) |
Marquesas | Huta | Faire des efforts inutiles, se dépiter Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Lch) |
Marquesas | Moe/huta | Se réjouir, être ravi de joie Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Lch) |
Rotuman | Hufa | Float on a fishing net | (Cwd) |
Samoan | Futa/mea | Fat to excess (of pigeons and jocularly of men) | (Prt) |
Tikopia | Futa | Net float | (Fth) |
Tongan | Futa/ʔaki | To brag about, to talk about in a conceited way, to vaunt | (Cwd) |
Tongan | Foota | To boast | (Mar) |
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