Protoform: KATAMU [CE] Make noise with lips, mutter
| Description: | Make noise with lips, mutter |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mangareva | Katamu | Remuer les lèvres pour inviter quelqu'un à venir près de soi. Move the lips as if in speaking to a person so that he may come close (Tgr). | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Katamu/tamu | Bruit qu'on fait en mangeant; faire ce bruit | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Katamu/tamu | To move the lips; to mutter, whisper; to smack the lips when eating | (Sve) |
| Moriori | Kotamu/tumu | Whisper | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Katamu | Eat, as a child making noise with lips | (Wms) |
| Pukapuka | Katamu | (to make a noise with lips (in chants) Problematic | (Sby) |
| Rarotongan | Kaatamu/tamu, kaamutamuta | Move lips, mutter | (Bse) |
| Tokelau | Katamu, kaatamu/tamu | Eat, chew Problematic | (Sma) |
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