Protoform: MANINI.2 [CE] Pleasant, agreeable

Description: Pleasant, agreeable
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. CE *nini.1 "vertigo", TO *nini.2 "tremble, shiver"

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Hawaiian Manini Wrath, anger, angry Problematic (Pki)
Kapingamarangi Nini Pregnant Problematic (Lbr)
Marquesas Manini Doux, agréable au goût, sucré; mélodieux. Orgasm [Sgs]. Jouir, enjoy sensual delight [Northwest Marquesan Dialect] (Atl). Sucre, cassonade (Dln). Sugar (Mtu). (Lch)
New Zealand Maori Manini Pleasant, agreeable (Wms)
Tuamotu Manini Sexually exciting or gratifying; orgasm (Stn)

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