Protoform: MAKAU.1 [PN] Bend, turn
| Description: | Bend, turn |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Makau/kau | Branchu; qui a des branches | (Btn) |
| Emae | Makau | Crooked | (Cpl) |
| Emae | Faka/makau/ | Se courber | (Rve) |
| Hawaiian | Maʔau | Go from place to place; gad about; to sprout, germinate, spread, esp. of useless weeds | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | Magau | To turn in one direction, to make a curve to one direction | (Lbr) |
| New Zealand Maori | Makau | Bent, curved | (Wms) |
| Niue | Makau/kau | Desire earnestly, try hard Problematic | (McE) |
| Nukuoro | Magau | Die, dead, unconscious Problematic | (Crl) |
| Rennellese | Maakau | Trip someone else, as feet | (Ebt) |
| Rennellese | Maakau/nga | Twist, bend (as in a path); curvature as of ear lobes | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Maʔau | Turn (of body), incline | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Maaʔau | Present (n); polite reference to the work of preparing and serving food to guests | (Prt) |
| Tongan | Makau | Wriggle, malinger, try to wriggle out of a duty | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Maakau | Wriggle (Eels); writhe, squirm (Persons) | (Cwd) |
| West Futuna | Makau/kau | Crooked | (Dty) |
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