Protoform: MAUMAU.1 [PN] Spoiled, wasted

Description: Spoiled, wasted
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*0 >> EC *faka-maumau "waste"

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Moumou/i To spoil, destroy (Fbg)
East Futuna Maumau Waste (Bgs)
East Uvea Maumau Detruire, devaster, prodiguer (Rch)
Easter Island Maumau Spoiled (Fts)
Fijian Maumau Spoiled, wasted (Cpl)
Hawaiian Maau/na Waste, wasteful Problematic (Pki)
Mangaia Maumau Waste, just staying there, not useful (Sta)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Kai/maumau Waste (Krk)
Moriori Moumou Wastefully (Shd)
New Zealand Maori Maumau Waste (Wms)
New Zealand Maori Moumou Waste (Wms)
Niuafoʔou Maumau Broken (Tmo)
Niuafoʔou Maumau/ʔi Break (Tmo)
Niue Moumou Waste, spoil, destroy (Sph)
Nukuoro Moumou Wasteful; waste (Something) (Crl)
Pukapuka Moumou Wasteful (Sby)
Rarotongan Moumou Waste, excess, extravagance. Grieve for something lost, sorrow for something wasted or gone (Bse). (Sve)
Rennellese Maumau Waste, kill needlessly or wantonly (Ebt)
Samoan Maaumau Be wasted (Prt)
Tahitian Maau/ʔa Gâché, gâté (Lmt)
Tongan Maumau Spoiled (Cwd)
Tongan Mowmow To break, to waste, to consume (Mar)
Tuamotu Mou Annihilated, exterminated, utterly destroyed Problematic (Stn)
Tuvalu Maumau Useless (Rby)
West Futuna Momau To destroy food, coconut trees etc. (Cpl)

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