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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