Protoform: PALA-PALA [PN] Mud, dirt, filth; dirty, mucky, filthy

Description: Mud, dirt, filth; dirty, mucky, filthy
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*0 << PN *pala.1b

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Parapara Mud (Fbg)
East Futuna Palapala Écrasé, brisé; froissé Uncertain Semantic Connection (Gzl)
Mangareva Parapara Restes qui se collent aux plats, aux ustensils; partie inculte d'une terre en partie cultivée (Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Parapara Dirt; scraps of food (Sve)
Marquesas Paʔapaʔa Taches, souillures, saletés (Dln)
Marquesas Paʔapaʔa taʔo Bourbier, boue, limon [Northwest Marquesan Dialect]. Tarodière, taro plantation (Atl). (Lch)
Moriori Parapara Bleed (Shd)
New Zealand Maori Parapara Filth, excrement, spittle (Wms)
Penrhyn Parapara Filthy, dirty; filth, dirt (Sta)
Pukapuka Palapala Mud (Bge)
Rapa Parapara Soil. Land, ground; sand; mud; dirty (Grn). (Sks)
Rarotongan Parapara Filth, anything that soils (Sve)
Samoan Palapala Muddy. Dirty, unhygienic; polite term for blood, esp. menstrual blood (McP). (Prt)
Tahitian Para(para) Résidus qui restent collés: salissures des récipients culinaires, sébum qui recouvre l'enfant à sa naissance (Lmt)
Tokelau Palapala Mud, dirt, blood (Sma)
Tongan Palapala Messy, mucky, boggy (Cwd)
Tuamotu Parapara Scrub, weeds, rubbish; slimy, sticky (Stn)
Tuvalu Palapala Mud (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Palapala Clay, slippery mud. Weak, loose (Hvn). (Grn)
West Uvea Palapala Bourbeux (Hmn)

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