Protoform: LOTU.3 [SO] Persevere
| Description: | Persevere |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to SO: Samoic-Outlier Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niue | Lotu | Search for food in times of scarcity Problematic | (Sph) |
| Pukapuka | Lotu | Try hard until you get something; desire, beseech (archaic) | (Sby) |
| Rennellese | Gotu | Desire, want | (Ebt) |
| Rennellese | Gotu/ʔaki | Work to finish; desire or do persistently and with fervour | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Lotu | Persevere in times of difficulty | (Prt) |
| Tikopia | Rotu | Be bent upon, set upon; concentration | (Fth) |
| Tikopia | Rotu/rotu | Basic meaning of looking after people, having a care for them | (Fth) |
| Tikopia | Rotu/nga | Yield, catch of fish | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Lo/lotu | To be restless with yearning or with discontent with one's circumstances, etc.; to fret, grieve, pine away | (Cwd) |
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