Protoform: KAI-UU [CE] Baby before weaning
| Description: | Baby before weaning |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 << PN *kai "eat", *huhu "breast, milk" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marquesas | Kaiu | Petit d'un animal, petiti cochon qui tette encore, cochon de lait. Petit, small (pour les personnes et les choses) [Northwest Marquesan Dialect] (Atl). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Kaiuu | Small | (Mtu) |
| Marquesas | Ki u, mánnu/ki-ú | A grasshopper Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | Manu kaiu | Sauterelle | (Dln) |
| Rarotongan | Kai-uu | A suckling | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Kai uu | Hold the breast in the mouth, as a nursing infant Problematic | (Ebt) |
| Tahitian | ʔAiuu | Petit enfant, nourrisson | (Lmt) |
| Tuamotu | Kaiu | Baby (one who drinks milk) | (Stn) |
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