Protoform: KELE.A [CP] Earth, dirt, soil: *kele(kele)

Description: Earth, dirt, soil: *kele(kele)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CP: Central Pacific
Notes:

*3 PCP *g(w)ele "earth, soil" (LPO I:120,II:67).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Kere Soil, sand (Fbg)
Anuta Kere/kere Generic term for sand, dirt, or soil; dirty; world (Fbg)
East Futuna Kele Terre (Mfr)
East Uvea Kele(kele) Terre, sol, terrain, globe terrestre (Rch)
Emae Kere Earth, soil. (Piece of) land, ground, earth (Clk). (Cpl)
Fijian Qele Earth (Cpl)
Ifira-Mele Kere(kere) Earth, ground, soil (Clk)
Kapingamarangi Gele/gele, gele- (in compounds) Sand (Lbr)
Luangiua ʔEle Dirt; dirty. Sand (Hbn). (Smd)
Luangiua ʔEle/ʔele Ground. Sand (Sar). (Smd)
New Zealand Maori Kere- Earth (in compounds only) (Wms)
Niue Kele/kele Earth, soil (Sph)
Nuguria Kere/kere Sand, earth (soil and ground) (Dvl)
Nukumanu Kere/kere Sand; soil; (piece of) ground (Trt)
Nukumanu K/kere Dust, dirt (Trt)
Nukuoro Gele/gele Sand, soil (Crl)
Pukapuka Kele/kele Sand (Mta)
Rarotongan Kere/maroo Dry soil (Bse)
Rennellese Kege Earth, ground, dirt, land, soil, world, floor of a house; (fig.) garden, food (Ebt)
Rennellese Kege/kege Earth, land, esp. the land of Teahainga'atua (ritual); to become earth (Ebt)
Samoan ʔEle/ʔele Earth, dirt; blood (to chiefs), euph. for the menses (Prt)
Samoan ʔEle Red earth; rust (Prt)
Sikaiana Kele/kele Earth, ground, sand, soil; land that is owned (Dnr)
Takuu Kere/kere Dirt, soil, sand, ground, coral chips; sandy (Mle)
Tikopia Kere Earth, ground, soil; basic territory, fundamental resource, land; polluting, "dirt", esp. in ritual contexts (Fth)
Tokelau Kele/kele Soil, earth; land (Sma)
Tongan Kele Mud, dirt or clay, in water or left behind as a sediment (Cwd)
Tongan Gele-gele Earth or mould, the ground (Mar)
Tongan Kele/kele Land, soil, dirt, earth, ground (Cwd)
Tuvalu Kele Soil. Earth; earthen, clay (adj) (Jsn). (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Kele Bottom (of sea) (Ebt)
West Futuna Kere Earth, land, soil (Dty)
West Uvea Kele Terre (sol), Terre (planete) (Hmn)

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