Protoform: KINAU [XW] Persist against something: *ki(i)nau
| Description: | Persist against something: *ki(i)nau |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to XW: West Polynesia (TON,NIU,EUV,EFU,SAM,TOK,TUV,NFO) |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Kinau | Contester, chicaner, contredire, nier; engager, presser; se défendre dans une dispute; ennui, anxiété, peine, angoisse; ̂tre importuné, ennuyé, accablé de peines | (Rch) |
| East Uvea | Kinau | Contester, tenir tête à, contredire; incertain, insatisfait | (Rch) |
| Fijian | Kinau(-taka) | To take things to a person to do, because one does not know how to do them oneself; to let trade, etc. Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Cpl) |
| Niue | Kanau | To hinder; indistinct (voice) Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| Tikopia | Kiinau | In bad condition; disintegrating Problematic | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Kiinau | Persist or persevere in spite of difficulties or of being advised to give it up. (In either a good or a bad sense) | (Cwd) |
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