Protoform: MA-TUKU [XW] To lessen (in quantity, intensity or concentration)
| Description: | To lessen (in quantity, intensity or concentration) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to XW: West Polynesia (TON,NIU,EUV,EFU,SAM,TOK,TUV,NFO) |
| Notes: | *0 < PN *tuku |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Matuku | To disband | (Fbg) |
| East Uvea | Maatuku | Se dit de la foule qui se précipite et s'attroupe pour regarder un spectacle. Kua matuku te misa. Les gens sont sortis de la messe. | (Rch) |
| Niue | Matuku | To subside, to become less [ex. strength of wind] | (Sph) |
| Tokelau | Matuku | (of ropes, bindings, etc.) Be slack, become less tight; (of crowd) be dispersed, break up; (of anxiety, pain etc.) be relieved, alleviated; (of people) crowd together, throng together | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Maatuku | (of three or more) To leave, go away, disperse | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Matuku | To decline, be put down, decrease | (Jsn) |
| Tuvalu | Matuku | Become less (of a liquid in a vessel); begin to ebb (of the tide) | (Rby) |
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