Protoform: MUI [NP] Assemble, gather round, swarm over, cluster

Description: Assemble, gather round, swarm over, cluster
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *mumu "crowded together"

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Mui Assemble, gather together (Bgs)
Easter Island Mui/a Swarm over (of flies) (Fts)
Emae Kaa/mui/a To crowd round (Cpl)
Emae Kaa/mui Bunch (of fruit) (Clk)
Hawaiian Mui Assembled (Pki)
Kapingamarangi M/mui To congregate (Lbr)
Luangiua Mui Crowded (Smd)
Luangiua Mu/mui Assemble (Smd)
Mangareva Mui Bunch. Entourer quelqu'un pour le faire parler; regarder, fixer avec importunité (Rch)
Mangareva ʔAa/mui Ensemble, réunion; rassembler, réunir; regarder (se dit de personnes observant quelquechose par curiosité) (Rch)
Mangareva Mui/ga Fête de longue durée pour honorer un décédé (Rch)
Marquesas Mui. Muʔi (Lch). Foisonner, s'assembler, se réunir. Affluer à la suite de... (Lch). (Dln)
Moriori Mui Numerous (Shd)
New Zealand Maori Mui Swarm round (Wms)
New Zealand Maori Whaka/mui/ Assemble against (Wms)
Nuguria Mui/mui Plenty in one spot (as six coconut trees together) (vi) (Dvl)
Nukumanu M/mui, mui/mui Gather, flock around (Trt)
Nukuoro Mui Gathered around something (Crl)
Pukapuka Mui/a Overwhelmed by abundance of women, work, food crowded around, swarm over (Sby)
Rennellese Ta/mui To swarm, as wasps (Ebt)
Sikaiana M/mui To collect, to come together (Dnr)
Takuu Sa/mui/mui (of several objects) Clustered (Mle)
Takuu Mui (of people) Congregate, gather (Mle)
Tikopia Mui. Crowd in . (Fth)
Tuvalu Mui Assemble, swarm (Rby)
Tuvalu Mui/ga Group of people (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Mde/mui/mui Arrow with three or four heads used for fishing Uncertain Semantic Connection (Hvn)
West Futuna Mi (ANI) Bunch of coconuts (Cpl)
West Futuna U/mwi Ear (of seeds) (Cpl)

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