Protoform: GOSE [PN] Soft, pliable, weak; gentle, agreeable
| Description: | Soft, pliable, weak; gentle, agreeable |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian | Nohe/a | Handsome | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | Goʔe/goʔe | Etre habitué à ne manger que de la nourriture douce et sucrée | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Wha/ngo/ngohe | Slack, flaccid, limp [?]; lazy, slow at work | (Sve) |
| Marquesas | Nohe/a | Tendre, mou | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Ngohe(ngohe) | Supple, soft; obedient, pliable; easy, agreeable | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Ngo/ngohe | Withered, flaccid | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Whaka/ngohe/ngohe | Subdue | (Wms) |
| Rarotongan | Ngooee | Soft, gentle (like breeze) Phonologically Irregular | (Bse) |
| Rarotongan | Ngoʔe/ngoʔe/aa | Weak, unthrifty, without vigour (of the growth of plants); apathetic, dispirited, slack | (Bse) |
| Samoan | Gose | A cat Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Prt) |
| Tongan | Ngohe | Speak in an affectedly soft or agreeable way | (Cwd) |
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