Protoform: KAPU.2 [FJ] Spread over, surround, envelop
| Description: | Spread over, surround, envelop |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to FJ: Fijic |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PCC *kapu-qa “cloud” |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Kapu | Cover up body | (Yen) |
| East Futuna | Kaapu/i | Environner | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Kaapu/i | Envelopper | (Rch) |
| Fijian | Kabu | Sow small seeds; fog, mist, haze | (Cpl) |
| Mangareva | Kapu | Sédiment, dépôts; déposer Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rch) |
| New Zealand Maori | Kaapu/i | Cover crops or embers | (Wms) |
| Niuafoʔou | Ka/kapu | Fog | (Gry) |
| Niue | Kapu/ti | To overspread, cover the whole surface. Nappy; put nappy on baby (Sph). | (McE) |
| Niue | Kapu | To spread, be spread [ex. story] | (Sph) |
| Niue | Kapu/tia | To be fully covered [ex. sky with flying foxes] | (Sph) |
| Pukapuka | Kapu/kapu | Covered, spread over (of sky) | (Sby) |
| Rotuman | Kapu | To cover Borrowed | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Aputi | Cover up, as the body, native oven etc. | (Prt) |
| Samoan | ʔAʔapu | Draw the wind (as of a sail) | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Abu, apu | Wide or broad, as cloth | (Dvs) |
| Tikopia | Kapu | Possibly traditional for some types of leaf covering | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Ka/kapu | Bulge out, fill (of a sail) | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Kapu | Surround | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Ka/kapu | Mist | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Kapu | Covered | (Rby) |
| Waya | Kabu | Be covered in cloud, mist, fog | (Ply) |
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