Protoform: KELA [EC] Dirty

Description: Dirty
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to EC: Ellicean
Notes:

*1 Cf. PPN *kele.a, *pela "dirty, decayed".

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
New Zealand Maori Kera/kera Foul, offensive, nauseous (Wms)
Samoan ʔEla Mattery (of the eyes) (Prt)
Samoan ʔE/ʔela Bleary, watery (of the eyes) (Prt)
Tikopia Kela Dirty, soiled; epithet of annoyance (Fth)
West Futuna Mata/kera (ANI) To anoint eyes with milk Uncertain Semantic Connection (Cpl)

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