Protoform: LIPO [NP] Eddy, swirling water, disturbed water

Description: Eddy, swirling water, disturbed water
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian
Notes:

*3 PEO *libo "eddy, whirlpool" (LPO II:86).
*1 Cf. PNP *lepu 'agitated, rough (of water)'

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Hawaiian Lipo Deep blue-black, as of sea Problematic (Pki)
Luangiua Lipo Run fast Uncertain Semantic Connection (Smd)
Mangareva Ripo Défaire, désordonner, déranger des objets Uncertain Semantic Connection (Rch)
Marquesas ʔIpo Whirlpool, eddy (Dln)
Moriori Ripo, ko/ripo Whirlpool (Shd)
Moriori Iau/ripo Eddy (Shd)
New Zealand Maori Ripo Whirlpool, eddy (Wms)
Nukuoro Libo Turn end over end (Crl)
Pukapuka Lipo/lipo To glisten; oily smooth (of sea) Problematic (Bge)
Rarotongan Ripo Night breeze (Bse)
Tahitian Ripo/ripo Wavelets in a ring (?) (???)
Tahitian Ripo/a Vortex made by the violent running and return of a current (Dvs)
Tikopia Maa/riporipo Whirl (Fth)
Tuamotu Ripo Eddy, swirl v (Stn)
West Futuna Ripo/ripo Undulate (like a crowd of heads) (Cpl)

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