Protoform: MILO.2A [PN] Twist (by hand), as in twining thread, wringing out
Description: | Twist (by hand), as in twining thread, wringing out |
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Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
Notes: | *0 >> CE *koo-miro |
Pollex entries:
Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
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East Futuna | Milo | Tordre | (Mfr) |
East Uvea | Milo(milo) | Tourner, tournoyer, faire tourner | (Rch) |
Easter Island | Miro | To encircle, surround, turn around | (Fts) |
Hawaiian | Milo | Curl, twist (as sennit strands) | (Pki) |
Mangareva | Miro | Twist (I) | (Rch) |
Manihiki-Rakahanga | Miro | Spin, braid; roll (sennit) on thigh with hands | (Sve) |
New Zealand Maori | Miro | Spin, twist; twirl; whirling, moving in spirals; thread, twisted cord | (Wms) |
Niue | Milo | To move about | (Sph) |
Niue | Milo/(h)i | Turning about, restless at night. To fidget (Sph) | (McE) |
Nukuoro | Miro | Wring out | (Ebt) |
Nukuoro | Milo | Twist, turn (e.g. faucet), wind, wring | (Crl) |
Penrhyn | Miro | Twist, make a rope | (Sta) |
Rarotongan | Miro | Roll by hand into a twist | (Bse) |
Rotuman | Milo/iʔaki | Twist, turn, roll about | (Cwd) |
Samoan | Milo | Twist (thread, rope etc.), threads together to make string ; to twist as in making a string by twisting on the thigh | (Prt) |
Samoan | Mi/milo | Be perverse, act contrarily | (Prt) |
Samoan | Milo/si | Be twisted; cross-grained, perverse | (Prt) |
Samoan | Milo/sia | Strained (tendon) | (McP) |
Tokelau | Milo/hia | Twisted, sprained | (Sma) |
Tokelau | Mi/milo | Twist, turn, change direction | (Sma) |
Tokelau | Milo | Twist, twine, wind something around | (Sma) |
Tongan | Milo | Twist, turn...(only of things that are made or meant to be twisted or turned like taps, screws etc) | (Cwd) |
Tongan | Milo | A top, a tetotum; to spin round | (Mar) |
Tuamotu | Miro | Twist (by hand), spin (by rolling thread on hip) | (Stn) |
Tuvalu | Mi/milo | To braid ? | (Rby) |
Vaeakau-Taumako | Milo | To twist on thigh for string | (Lch) |
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