Protoform: MAALOO.B [NP] Stretched, taut, stiff, straight
| Description: | Stretched, taut, stiff, straight |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *maroo "hard, stiff, dry" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Island | Maaroa, maroʔa | Estar de pie; ponerse de pie. To be standing, to get up, to rise, to stand. Problematic | (Fts) |
| Fijian | Maroo | Mean, grudging Problematic | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Maaloo | Taut, firm, straight | (Pki) |
| Marquesas | Maaʔoo | Straight | (???) |
| Marquesas | Maʔo | Se lever, se mettre debout, se tenir debout (Lch). Debout, standing [Northwest Marquesan Dialect] (Atl). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Mou | To rise up | (Rbs) |
| New Zealand Maori | Maaroo | Stretched out, stiff, hard, solid, unyielding, be steadily on course; fathom (i.e. measure of outstretched arms | (Wms) |
| Pukapuka | Malo/na | To stretch something Problematic | (Mta) |
| Rarotongan | Maaroo | Hard (not soft), stiff, tough | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Maagoo | Hard | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Maroo | Taut, stretched tight Borrowed | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Maaloo | Stiff | (Prt) |
| Tikopia | Maaro | True (i.e.exact, as qualifier to direction terms) | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Maaloo | Be tight, taut | (Sma) |
| Tuvalu | Maaloo | To stretch (v.t., v.i.); be taut | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Maloo | Tight, fully stretched | (Hvn) |
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