Protoform: KEMO [MP] Wink, blink
| Description: | Wink, blink |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> CE *kimo.* |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Kemo | Close one's eyes | (Fbg) |
| Anuta | Ka/kamo | Lightning, flash bulb, flashlight Phonologically Irregular | (Fbg) |
| Anuta | Kemo/kemo | Blink | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Kemo | Clignoter, allumer (lumière électrique) | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Kemo | Clignoter, cligner de l'oeil | (Rch) |
| Emae | Kemo | Cligner des yeux | (Rve) |
| Hawaiian | ʔEmo | A waiting, delay; to wait, delay (often with negative) [back-formation from *'emo 'ole*] | (Pki) |
| Hawaiian | ʔEmo ʔole | Without delay, immediately, suddenly | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | Gemu | To blink, wink | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | ʔEmo | Blink ; lightning | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Te/kemo | Bientôt, tout de suite, sous peu | (Rch) |
| Niuafoʔou | Kemo | Wink | (Tmo) |
| Niue | Kemo | To blink; to just about disappear. Wink (McE). | (Sph) |
| Niue | Kemo/kemo | To blink; to make signs with the eyes | (McE) |
| Pukapuka | Ke/kemo/ | To close the eyes | (Mta) |
| Pukapuka | Kemo/kemo | Blink (eyes); flicker (flame) | (Bge) |
| Rennellese | Kemo | To flash, as lightning | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Kemo | To blink Borrowed | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | ʔEmo | Wink; take a nap; flash, as lightning. Blink (Mnr). | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Kemo | Blinking of eyes | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Kemo | Blink, wink; flash (of lightning) | (Hwd) |
| Takuu | K/kemo | (of one's eyes) Blink; (of lightning) flash | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Kemo | Wink, twinkle, blink | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Kemo | Flash, blink, twinkle | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Kemo | To wink or blink; also used to denote suddenness | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Gemo. He/gemo. | The eyelash, to wink. In the twinkling of an eye. | (Mar) |
| Tuvalu | Kemo | Blink (of eye), twinkle (of light) | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kemo | Blink | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Khemo | Lightning | (Trn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | (Va)khamo | Flash, lighten Phonologically Irregular | (Hvn) |
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