Protoform: MOMI [PN] Suck up food without chewing
| Description: | Suck up food without chewing |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Momi(momi) | Avaler une chose tendre sans la mâcher, comme bananes mures, etc.; sucer. Sucer (la pouce); sucer tout doucement (Mfr). | (Gzl) |
| East Uvea | Momi | Mâchonner (avec les gencives) (eg. bananes mures) | (Rch) |
| East Uvea | Gutu momi | Qui n'a pas de dents | (Rch) |
| Kapingamarangi | Momi | Taste to test | (Lbr) |
| Mangareva | Momi | Voracious, greedy. Etre vorace, goulu, avaricieux. | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Momi | Avaler, manger à pleine bouche | (Dln) |
| Moriori | Mo/momi | Suck | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Momi | Suck up, swallow up, suck | (Wms) |
| Niue | O/momi | A sponge Uncertain Semantic Connection | (McE) |
| Niue | Momi | Rubber tubing. Rubber (McE). Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| Pukapuka | Momi | To swallow. Eat till food is gone (Sby). | (Bge) |
| Rapa | Momi | To drink | (Sks) |
| Tahitian | Momi | Avaler | (Lmt) |
| Tongan | Momi | Sunken mouth as when toothless | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Momi | Swallow, suck | (Stn) |
| West Futuna | A/momi/a | To lick something Problematic | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | A/momi/akea | Se sucer les doigts | (Rve) |
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