Protoform: KITA.2A [FJ] Tensed, as a muscle, a grip
Description: | Tensed, as a muscle, a grip |
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Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to FJ: Fijic |
Notes: | *1 Cf. PCE *keta.* "insist, be stubborn". |
Pollex entries:
Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
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East Uvea | Kita | Etendu, étiré | (Btn) |
Fijian | Kida | Twitch suddenly, of the muscles; tetanus | (Cpl) |
Hawaiian | Ika | Strong | (Pki) |
Mangareva | ʔItaa | Mouvement des membres dans les attaques de coliques Borrowed | (Rch) |
New Zealand Maori | Kita | Tightly, fast, clenched (of teeth), intense (of colour), firm (of grip) | (Wms) |
New Zealand Maori | Ngita | Fast, firm | (Wms) |
Niue | Fi/gita | To kiss Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
Niue | Kitu | Intensifier to "long" Problematic | (McE) |
Rarotongan | Kita | Fast, immovable, steadfast, unalterable | (Bse) |
Tahitian | I/ita | To harden or be hardened; stifferened, as body or mind; obdurate; the tetanus or locked jaw | (Dvs) |
Tongan | Fe/kita | To kiss (each other) (hon. for 'uma) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Cwd) |
Tongan | Fe/kita | To congrete, to salute, to hug | (Mar) |
Tongan | Gita | Tetanus, trismus; spasms, convulsions | (Mar) |
Tuamotu | Kita | Close tightly, clench fist | (Stn) |
West Uvea | Niu kita | Petit coco Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Hmn) |
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