Protoform: OE [CE] Whistling sound; cry of distress; call
| Description: | Whistling sound; cry of distress; call |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *oo.1 |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Oe | Interjection: Tiens! A quoi bon! Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rch) |
| East Uvea | ʔOe | Interjection employée pour appeler un cheval Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rch) |
| Hawaiian | Oe | Prolonged sound or thing; sound of chanting, vibration; whistle of a train; whistle of a bull-roarer; drawn-out wail of an infant... | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | Oe/oe | Siffler | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Oe/koko | Cri d'appel à une fête, à une guerre Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Oe | Siffler en signe de fatigue; cri d'une personne qui est pincée | (Dln) |
| Nuguria | Oe | Answer to a call Problematic | (Dvl) |
| Rennellese | ʔOe | An exclamation to call flying fish Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Ebt) |
| Rennellese | ʔOe/ʔoe | To speak repeatedly, as a name Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Oe | To say, yes Problematic | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Oe | Bell. Cloche (Lmt). Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dvs) |
| Tokelau | Oe | Acknowledge or answer a call by name, i.e. say yes Problematic | (Sma) |
| Tuamotu | Oe | To sough, murmur (as the wind); to make a whizzing, whishing sound; to expell the breath in a hissing whistle, as after a deep breath; to ring, clink, tinkle, as hard rock struck with metal | (Stn) |
| Tuamotu | Oe/oe | To make a purling, murmuring, tinkling sound, as running water; to make the sound of waves on shingle stones; to make a splashing sound... | (Stn) |
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