Protoform: MEQA.B [PN] Do (used for a range of verbal senses, particularly 'do, make, cause', 'intend', 'say')
| Description: | Do (used for a range of verbal senses, particularly ʔdo, make, causeʔ, ʔintendʔ, ʔsayʔ) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Meʔa | Faire; venir, aller (terme respectueux) | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | Meʔe/meʔe | Burla, mofa. Jest, mockery. | (Fts) |
| Hawaiian | Mea | To say; to bother, disturb | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Nea/a | Do, make, work (on garden), write (letter), put Phonologically Irregular | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Mee | Be able | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Mee/mee | Begatten [copulate] | (Sar) |
| Luangiua | Mee | Say; do | (Sar) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Mea | Appear; about to | (Krk) |
| Marquesas | Mea/mea | Farcer, badiner, plaisanter; farce, badinerie, plaisanterie | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Mea | Faire | (Dln) |
| Moriori | Me | Say, recite; desire (to) | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Mea | Do, deal with; cause, make; say; intend, wish | (Wms) |
| Nuguria | Mee (pass. me/ina) | Do; have; be | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Mea/ke, mea/tu | Say, answer; call (give a name) | (Trt) |
| Nukumanu | Mee | Think; say | (Trt) |
| Nukumanu | Mee/mee ika | Fish (v) | (Trt) |
| Nukuoro | Me | (A word which can substitute for any nominal, adjectival or verbal notion) | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Mea | To do (a proform) | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Mea | To do, act (may refer to any action according to context: to tell, to say, to preoceed, to intend to, etc.) | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Mea | Used with wide range of meanings, almost as a pro-verb: do, make. Do something, bring something, be about to do something, say, tell, think, wish | (Bse) |
| Samoan | Mea | To do, to prepare | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Mee (ki) | Plan to do something | (Dnr) |
| Sikaiana | Mea | Do, make, cause; have intercourse | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Mea | To do, a word used as a convenient substitute instead of naming the action | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Mee | Do, make, create, gather; intend, get ready to do something, (of an event) appear likely to occur; act or behave in a certain manner | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Meea/a | Request strongly, urge, plead, insist | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Mea ake | Show me! Let me see! | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Meʔá mo | Do...sometimes | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Ka meʔá | If that is the case | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Meʔa | Honorific for various verbs meaning 'go, come, think, stand, sit' etc. | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Mea | To do, deal with, perform (a non-descript predicative substituting for any action mentioned, understood or implied) | (Stn) |
| West Futuna | Ma/ŋane (ANI) | To do, to act; an action | (Cpl) |
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