Protoform: MOHE-TORO [PN] Seduce by approaching secretly at night
| Description: | Seduce by approaching secretly at night |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 << PN *mohe "sleep, *tolo.2 "creep, crawl" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Moetolo | Roder, draguer (la nuit). Aller a la recherche des femmes pour faire le mal sur elles; faire de mauvaises actions sur des femmes endormies (Gzl). | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Moetolo | Aller a la recherche des femmes endormies pour faire le mal | (Rch) |
| Nukuoro | Moe dolo | Sneak into another's house at night for the purpose of having sexual relations | (Crl) |
| Rennellese | Moe totogo | Steal up and sleep with a lover who is asleep | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Moetotolo | Possess a woman at night while she is sleeping | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Tolo | To attempt secret seduction at night by entering the house of a woman and attempting to have sex with her while she is sleeping Problematic | (Dnr) |
| Tokelau | Moe-totolo | Intrude to possess a woman while she is sleeping at night | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Mohetoo | Habitually visiting a woman at night for immoral purposes | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Moe-to/tolo/ | Creep into girl's bed at night | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Moetolo | Creep secretly to a sleeping woman to have sex with her | (Hvn) |
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