Protoform: LEPO [CP] Cover with leaves (as oven, or fruit to ripen)
| Description: | Cover with leaves (as oven, or fruit to ripen) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CP: Central Pacific |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Lepo | Enterrer des bananes pour les faire m-rir | (Gzl) |
| East Uvea | Lepo(lepo) | Envelopper les vivres devant de les enterrer dans l'umu | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | Repo | Beget (as father) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Wbr) |
| Luangiua | Lepo | Surround | (Smd) |
| Pukapuka | Waka/lepo | To fertilise a taro bed Problematic | (Bge) |
| Rennellese | Gepo | Hasten ripening by burying or tying in a basket, as bananas | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Lepa | Leaves of the sa`a tree used for covering earth oven | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Lepo | Pad of loupata leaves, used for covering native ovens | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Lepo/ʔi | Cover a native oven with leaves, bags and earth | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Lebo | Leaves of the breadfruit tree, sewed together for the purpose of covering food in cooking, to keep in the steam | (Mar) |
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