Protoform: GAO.2 [PN] Depression, groove, engraved mark
| Description: | Depression, groove, engraved mark |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PPN *gao[tu(?)a] "dress timber with an adze" (Rby. 1980). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Ngao | Path Problematic | (Fbg) |
| Easter Island | ŋao | Neck of a bottle, nape of the neck | (Fts) |
| Fijian | Gau | The middle part of a thing; the waist Problematic | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Nao | Ripple, ridge, groove, grain | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Gao | Footprint | (Clk) |
| Mangareva | Gao. Gaʔo (Rch). | Grooves in a tapa-cloth mallet and marks left by same on the cloth. Entailles allongées du maillet (ike) qui sert à battre le papyrus pour fabriquer le tapa; envers d'une étoffe, d'une couture; ligne, marque, signe | (Jnu) |
| Mangareva | Gaʔo/a | Entaille, encoche; brèche faite à un tranchant; lance dont la pointe est encochée | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Gao/gao | Petites vagues de la mer | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Kao | Canneler, canellures | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Ngao | Trough of the sea, alternate ridge and depression as on timber worked with an adze | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Whakangao | To hollow | (Wms) |
| Niue | Gao | Corner [ex. of house] | (Sph) |
| Niue | Mata/ngao | Corner (of house etc.). Corner, very point of a corner, gable (Sph). Uncertain Semantic Connection | (McE) |
| Rarotongan | Ngao | Grooves of a mallet and marks of the mallet left on tapa cloth | (Sve) |
| Rennellese | Tapu/ngao | Sole of foot, footprint, steps in coconut trunks for climbing | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Gao | A reproach, something which causes shame when mentioned Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Ao | The grooves of the cloth mallet; also the marks of the grooves in the cloth | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Nao/nao | To insert | (Hwd) |
| Tikopia | Ngao | Footprint | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Gao | A black mark on one's record which can become a sore point Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sma) |
| Tuamotu | ŋao | Be hollowed out, depressed; trough of a wave | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Gao | Footprint | (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | Gao/tua | Dress timber with an adze | (Rby) |
| West Futuna | Gau | Scar, mark, trail, track, footprint Phonologically Irregular | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Tapu/ŋao | A footstep | (Cpl) |
| West Futuna | Ngao | Trace de pas; cicatrice | (Rve) |
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