Protoform: GATATA [PN] Rattle, jingle, rustle
| Description: | Rattle, jingle, rustle |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *6 PAN *TakTak "to rattle". |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Gatata | Bruit, son d'objets remués, qui résonne; bruit qui l'on fait en marchant, soit dans l'eau, soit ailleurs | (Rch) |
| East Uvea | Gatata | Tinter, resonner | (Btn) |
| Niue | Gatata | To rattle | (Sph) |
| Niue | Ngatiti | Jingling sound Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| Pukapuka | Ngaatata/tata | To make rustling, pattering noise (as of rain, trees) | (Bge) |
| Rennellese | Ngatata | Rustle (as the sea), whiz (as birds in flight), sound continuously (as coconuts being dragged on ground) | (Ebt) |
| Takuu | Nattaa | Make a rustling noise, as of leaves; sound of wind in the leaves of a tree | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Ngatata | Make bumping, rattling noise | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Gatata | Be torn; a tearing noise | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Ngatata | Rattle, jingle, clink or clatter | (Cwd) |
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