Protoform: GAU [OC] Chew in order to extract juice, as sugar-cane; bite
| Description: | Chew in order to extract juice, as sugar-cane; bite |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PCE *gasu "bite". |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Ngau | To chew | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Gau | Chew (as sugar-cane) | (Mfr) |
| Easter Island | ŋau | To bite | (Kvt) |
| Emae | Gaua | Chew (sugar cane) | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Nau | Chew | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | Ngau | Chew , | (Ebt) |
| Mangareva | ŋa/ŋau | Couper avec les dents; cut with teeth. Croquer, crunch. | (Chf) |
| Mangareva | ŋau/ŋau niho | Grincer les dents en dormant; gnash teeth in one's sleep Phonologically Irregular | (Chf) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ngau/ngau | To chew | (Bck) |
| Moriori | Ngau | Chew | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Ngau-a | Gnaw, bite | (Bgs) |
| Niue | Gau | Chew, as sugar cane | (Sph) |
| Niue | Ga/gau | To bite | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Nau | Chew (vt) | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Ngau | Chew | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Ngau | Eat, chew, masticate | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Ngau/ngau | Chew | (Bge) |
| Raʔivavae | ŋau | To chew | (Stn) |
| Rarotongan | Ngau-a, -ʔia | Chew | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Ngau | Chew, as pandanus, sugar-cane, betel nut; bite | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Gau | Chew (e.g. sugar-cane) . Chew sugarcane or tii | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | N/nau | Tough to eat, of food | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | ʔAu/ʔau | Mâcher, ruminer | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | Nau | Chew (e.g. sugarcane or pandanus fruit) so as to suck the juice; (of food) difficult to swallow because it is too tough to bite through | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Ngau | Bite, chew; take in teeth | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Gau | Chew (pandanus fruit, etc.) | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Ngau | Gnaw, chew (e.g. sugar-cane) in order to extract the juice | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Gnow | To chew sugar-cane | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | ŋau | Gnaw | (Stn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Gau | Chew sugarcane | (Grn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Gu/sia | Bite | (Ray) |
| West Futuna | Mau/tSia (ANI) | To bite Phonologically Irregular | (Cpl) |
| West Futuna | ŋau | To eat sugarcane | (Cpl) |
| West Uvea | Ngau-a | Mâcher (canne à sucre, bourao, etc.) | (Hmn) |
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