Protoform: MUU.3 [NP] Be silent, dumb; make inarticulate sound
| Description: | Be silent, dumb; make inarticulate sound |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *muu.1 "flying insect", *musu "mutter", *guu "hum, grunt" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Muu/muu | Libellule | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Mu(mu) | Bourdonner. grommeler | (Btn) |
| Easter Island | Mu/muu | Taciturn, quiet, mute | (Fts) |
| Easter Island | Mou | Be silent Phonologically Irregular | (Wbr) |
| Hawaiian | Muu | Silent; to shut the lips and make no sound | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Taa/muu/muu | Deep, low-pitched (voice) | (Clk) |
| Luangiua | Muu | Whirring noise | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Mu/mu | Fool, idiot, imbecile. Idiot; être fou, stupide, imbécile | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Mu/ʔio | Parler dans l'eau pour faire peur au poisson (à la pêche) | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Upoko mu/mu | Simplet, distrait; dim, absent-minded. Fou, crazy. | (Chf) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Maa/muu | Silent (introduced from Tahitian) Borrowed | (Sve) |
| New Zealand Maori | Muu | Murmur, show discontent; be silent, dumb | (Wms) |
| Nukumanu | He/muu | Quietly; in secret, in private | (Trt) |
| Nukuoro | Muu | Utter, reply | (Crl) |
| Nukuoro | Muu/muu kaiaa | Remain silent (in order to hide a misdeed) | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | Muu/lale | Dumb person | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Muu | Silent, dumb, soundless | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Muu | Coo quietly (pigeons and doves) | (Ebt) |
| Rennellese | Mu/muu | To be taciturn, unsociable; to be senseless | (Ebt) |
| Sikaiana | Mu/muu | Make a constant buzzing noise (like a fly) | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Mu | A buzz or confused noise | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Mû/mû | To make a confused noise, as of a number of persons talking together | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | M/muu | Mumbled, not clearly audible (of speech); a sound whose source is unseen | (Mle) |
| Tuamotu | Muu | To be, or become silent | (Stn) |
| West Futuna | Mu | To raise a hue and cry | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Mu/mu | To murmur, whisper (of voices, sea, wind, thunder) | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | H/mu | To buzz or hum; low steady noise as of outboard motor in distance. Gronder, gros bruit (Rve). | (Dty) |
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