Protoform: MATE-GUUGUU [XW] Exhausted, numb

Description: Exhausted, numb
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to XW: West Polynesia (TON,NIU,EUV,EFU,SAM,TOK,TUV,NFO)
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Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Mate guuguu Etre engourdi (Mfr)
East Uvea Mateguuguu Engourdi, paralysé (Rch)
Emae Mategugu Numbness from drinking kava (Clk)
Niue Mateguuguu To be physically tired, exhausted, weary (Sph)
Tongan Mate-nguunguu To be tired out and moaning or groaning with exhaustion; also said of one's hand or arm when stiff or insensate after being lain on or anaesthetized (Cwd)

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