Protoform: KEU.A [PN] Push away, shift something; reject or refuse

Description: Push away, shift something; reject or refuse
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
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Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Keu Reject, rebuff ; pull something away. (Yen)
Anuta Keu kitua Chase someone away (Fbg)
East Futuna Keu Fouler le sol; laisser des traces sur le sol Uncertain Semantic Connection (Mfr)
East Uvea Keu/ʔi Détourner, encorner. Fend off. (Rch)
Kapingamarangi Geu Quick jerking movement (Lbr)
Mangareva Keu Push away, rebuff (I); combat. Dispute, querelle, guerre (Rch). (Jnu)
Rotuman Keu Push Borrowed (Cwd)
Samoan ʔE/ʔeu To ward off on every side (as spears thrown); to be as pigs crowding around requiring to be thrust aside when fed; to put aside (as the claims of a competitor, that the person may have all to himself) (Prt)
Samoan ʔEu To remove, take out of the way (something bad: filth, anything in the eye, skin over a boil, the snuff of a lamp) (Prt)
Takuu Keu/keu Push (freq.) (Mle)
Tikopia Keu/keu Refuse, object (Fth)
Tokelau Keu Push, shove, flick away or off (Sma)
Tongan Keu/ʔi Rebuff (Cwd)
Tuvalu Keu Push one's way (Rby)
Tuvalu Keu/keu Try hard, keep trying (Rby)
West Futuna H/keu Push, move (vi); shift, be irregular (Dty)
West Futuna Keu/a Push or shove (Dty)
West Uvea Keu Marque la réciprocité [postposed particle] Uncertain Semantic Connection (Hmn)

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