Protoform: KAKU.1 [PN] Approach, attempt
| Description: | Approach, attempt |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Kaku | Parvenir, arriver à | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Kaku | Arriver, aboutir, atteindre | (Rch) |
| East Uvea | Kaku/sia | Etre presque arrivé | (Rch) |
| Fijian | Kaku | To seize, clutch with the hand Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Cpl) |
| Marquesas | Pa/kaʔu (MQS), pa/kaku (MQN) | Atteindre le but, frapper le but, toucher, heurter; parvenir aux oreilles | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Paa/kaaʔu no he ʔoutu (MQS) | Heurter (un bateau); run into | (Chf) |
| Niue | Kaku/kaku | To try to do something (in which one is unskilled); to attemps swimming (of a non-swimmer). | (Sph) |
| Nukuoro | Gagu | Well-mannered Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Kaku | To regret Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sta) |
| Rarotongan | Kaku | Beg, entreat for something; long for (nostalgically) Problematic | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Haka/kaku | To grow slowly, as a child; to be immature; to delay | (Ebt) |
| Rennellese | Heʔe kaku/tia | To be weary, tired, unable | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | ʔAʔu | Meet, reach, join up, be extended to, spread over | (Prt) |
| Samoan | ʔAʔu | Attend, be present, take part; meet, reach, join up [of two things or parts of a thing] | (Mnr) |
| Tikopia | Kaku | Speak gutturally, or with an impediment Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Kaaku/nga | To approach to some extent (in a comparative sense); to be somewhat closely related | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Kaku | To touch (of fingers when something is encircled by hands) | (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | Kaku | Touch (of fingertips, when an object is encircled by hands or arms) | (Rby) |
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