Protoform: KIU.2 [NP] A large number
| Description: | A large number |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian | ʔIu | Lofty, sacred, revered, consecrated Problematic | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | Ma/kiu | Dix mille | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Ma/kiu/kiu | Cent mille | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Kiu | Plural marker. Longtemps, jadis (Lch). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Ka/kiu. Kaa/kiu (Atl). | Anciennement, jadis; ancien, vieux, il y a très longtemps (usité pour le temps) | (Dln) |
| Rennellese | Kiu | A thousand fathoms (approximately); ten thousand coconuts; figuratively, any great number | (Ebt) |
| Tahitian | Iu | A million... | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Kiu | Large number, bigger than mano (10,000) but smaller than popu (100,000). Hundred thousand (100,000) (Hwd). | (Mle) |
| Tokelau | Kiu | (of flying fish) Be numerous or abundant in the sea | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Giloo | One hundred thousand | (Mar) |
| Tongan | Kilu | Hundred thousand Problematic | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Kiu | Two hundred, two million | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Kiu | Innumerable | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kiu | Very many, an indefinite number | (Ray) |
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