Protoform: LOGO [FJ] Silent: *(l,r)ogo

Description: Silent: *(l,r)ogo
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to FJ: Fijic
Notes:

*2 PFJ *rorogo (Gty.1991).
*5 PMP *[dd]e9en "betaubtsein" (Dpf. 1938).
*7 Cf. PNCV *roro-go "be quiet" (Clark 2009)

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Tu/ro/ronga Quiet, noiseless Phonologically Irregular (Fbg)
Niuafoʔou Longo/longo Silent (Tmo)
Niue Faka/logo/logo To silence someone, to be made silent for some reason, to be reduced to silence; (Sph)
Niue Ogo/ogo/noa To be still, to be silent (Sph)
Samoan Logo Keep silence (Prt)
Tongan Ongo/noa To be insensate, to be without feeling or sensation (e.g. of a part treated with a local anaesthetic) (Cwd)
Tongan Longo To be silent, not to speak, or to stop speaking (Cwd)
Tongan Lo/longo Quiet, still, peaceful (Mar)
Vaeakau-Taumako Longo Be silent (about things, not persons) (Hvn)

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