Protoform: GANA.2A [PN] Make small noises, chatter

Description: Make small noises, chatter
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
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Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Uvea Gana, gana/gana, gagana, ganana Bourdonner, répandre un son sourd, résonner; bruyant, qui donne un son fort, qui résonne (Btn)
Hawaiian Lana To be aware of noises as one wakes Problematic (Pki)
Luangiua ŋaŋa Echo (Smd)
Luangiua Aŋa Echo Phonologically Irregular (Hbn)
Mangaia Ngana Resound (Sta)
Marquesas Mana! (onom.) Babil, bruit; pour exprimer la jaserie et la piaillerie d'une personne bavarde Phonologically Irregular (Dln)
New Zealand Maori Nga/ngana Bluster, make a disturbance (Wms)
New Zealand Maori Ngana/ngana Blustering, noisy (Wms)
Nukuoro N/ngana Loud (noise) (Crl)
Nukuoro Ngana/ngana Repeated loud noise (Crl)
Pukapuka Nga/ngana Make a noise (Sby)
Rennellese Ngana/ngana To gurgle; make noises; be noisy (Ebt)
Sikaiana Nnaa (Make) loud noise (Dnr)
Takuu N/nana Noise (Mle)
Tongan Ngana/nganaiiki (Of sound) faint, only just audible (Cwd)
West Futuna Ngana/ngana To sound as of people walking in a path; to sound as of food roasting (Dty)
West Futuna H/gana To make a droning sound or rushing noise; to sound good, to sound particularly harmonious... Tremblement de quelque chose de lourd; faire du bruit; grondement de l'eau (Rve). (Dty)

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