Protoform: MAKA.B [PN] Sling; to hurl with a sling; to throw
| Description: | Sling; to hurl with a sling; to throw |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *8 Note: The innovation is loss of the meaning "stone n.". As with a number of other apparent innovations it is shared exclusively between EP and with some outliers. Cf. Bill Wilson's paper on the pronouns. Notice that Maori, having no slings, changes meaning to "throw". As usual, we can ignore TUA because of Stimson's unreliable method of assigning meanings to items. |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Maka | Sling for hurling stones | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Maka | To hurl a stone with a sling | (Gzl) |
| Hawaiian | Maʔa | Sling v | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | M/maga | To cast, to fling | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Maʔa | Throwing stones at something | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Maka | Fronde; fusil; canon | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | (Ta)maka (MQN), (ta)maʔa (MQS) | Fronde; lancer des pierres avec la fronde, engager le combat avec la fronde | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Máka | A sling; to sling | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | Mac ka | Sling | (Rbs) |
| New Zealand Maori | Maka | Throw, cast | (Wms) |
| Nuguria | Maka | Sling (n) | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Maka | Scatter (seed); stone (vt) | (Trt) |
| Nukuoro | Maga | Throw v | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | Maka | Throw away | (Bge) |
| Rapa | Maka | Sling | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | Maka | Throw, hurl, sling; a sling | (Bse) |
| Samoan | Maʔa taa | Sling | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Maʔa | Fronde | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | Kama | Sling (n)...; hurl something with a sling Phonologically Irregular | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Maka | Sling for hurling stones | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Maka | Toss, cast, throw; (of canoe) tack | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Maka/taa | Sling | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Macca/tá | A sling | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Maka | Throw, cast, sling; a sling | (Stn) |
| West Futuna | (H)maka (trans. maka/jia) | Sling, speargun; to shoot with a sling or speargun. Fusil (Rve). | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Maka/kafa | Fronde (arc) (ancienne) | (Rve) |
| West Uvea | Maka/ka | Fronde Problematic | (Hmn) |
| West Uvea | Maka/katia | Lancer avec la fronde Problematic | (Hmn) |
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