Protoform: KOLU [NP] Curved, coiled

Description: Curved, coiled
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *loku 'bent, bowed down'.
*5 PMP *kelu9 "coil, curl, undulation" (Bst.1970)
*6 Cf. PAN root *kel 'to bend, curl' (Blust 2022).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Hawaiian ʔOlu Supple, flexible (Pki)
Mangareva Konu Courbé Phonologically Irregular (Rch)
Mangareva Konu/e Etre fléchi sous le poids d'un fardeau; être courbé par l'âge avancé (Rch)
Marquesas Koʔu/koʔu Les flots de la mer agitée Uncertain Semantic Connection (Lch)
New Zealand Maori Koru Fold(ed), coiled, loop(ed) (Wms)
Nuguria Ho/kolu Bend (Ray)
Nuguria K/koru Bent (Dvl)
Pukapuka Kolu/kolu With dried and wrinkled skin, feeble (Bge)
Sikaiana Kolu Bend something (Dnr)
Takuu K/koru Curved, bent into a curve; (of a person) stooped; bow (n), shoot with bow (Mle)

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