Protoform: KOO-REPE [CE] Tear apart

Description: Tear apart
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian
Notes:

*0 << PN *lepe "smash, destroy"

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Hawaiian ʔOolepe Tear asunder, peel off (as shingles in a gale; turne (as something on hinges (Pki)
Marquesas /ʔEpe/ʔepe Flabby, sagging, e.g. bird's wattle, muscles Problematic (Dln)
New Zealand Maori Koorepe Split, tear off, rip up; peel (Wms)

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