Protoform: MALUU.A [MP] Soft (of a substance), weak, tender
| Description: | Soft (of a substance), weak, tender |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *4 POC *[ma]lumu ‘soft (of objects); gentle, easygoing; (constitutionally) weak’ (LPO II:215, V:573) |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Maruu | Soft, flexible | (Fbg) |
| Anuta | Paka/maruu | Men's barkcloth loin-cloth Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Maluu/luu | Mou | (Mfr) |
| East Futuna | Maluu | Souple | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Maaluu | Etre adouci, rendu tendre, doux, mou | (Rch) |
| Fijian | Malumu | Soft; weak, faint, sick | (Cpl) |
| Ifira-Mele | Maruu/ruu | Weak, soft | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Maluu | Soft | (Lbr) |
| Kapingamarangi | Maluu/luu | Flexible, slack, flaccid | (Lbr) |
| Mangareva | Maruu | Mou, tendre (nourriture) | (Rch) |
| Moriori | Maru | Bruised, maimed Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Maruu | Crushed, bruised | (Wms) |
| Niue | Moluu(luu) | Soft, weak; loose, to loosen | (McE) |
| Nuguria | Maru | Weich | (Ths) |
| Nuguria | Maruu | Tender | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Maluu | Soft | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Maruu | Soft; mattress | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Maluu | Weak | (Bge) |
| Rapa | Maruu | Soft | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | Maruu | Soft and yielding (of materials) | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Maguu | Soft, slack | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Maruu | Soft, tender Borrowed | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Maluu | Soft (of a substance), bass (of voice) | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Maluu | Soft | (Sps) |
| Tahitian | Maruu | Tendre (se dit de la viande), meuble, mou; doux (son); doux (au toucher) | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | Maruu | (of an arm or leg) Buckle; (of a wave) weak, not strong; (of pounded food etc.) soft, pliable; (of a rope) slack | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Maruu | Soft, tender; immature, weak (of vegetation) | (Fth) |
| Tikopia | Maluuluu | Soft, weak, flabby; weary Problematic | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Maluu | Soft, tender; bass voice | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Moluu | Soft, tender, flexible | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Moloo | Soft, flexible | (Mar) |
| Tuvalu | Maluu(luu) | Soft | (Jsn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Maluu | Soft | (Ray) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Meluu, maluu [TAU,NUP] | Soft, ripe | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Maru | Soft; weak; spongy. Pas dur (kava) (Rve). | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Maru/ru | Flabby | (Dty) |
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