Protoform: PAO.1 [PN] Strike something with something else, as in hammering nail, using mallet, playing bowls
| Description: | Strike something with something else, as in hammering nail, using mallet, playing bowls |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Island | Paao/a | Maza (arma de palo) | (Fts) |
| Easter Island | Paʔo | To cut by striking, to strike with an axe. Cut down; chop, hew (Wbr). Problematic | (Fts) |
| Easter Island | Paʔo/paʔo | To chip in reference to wood Problematic | (Fts) |
| Marquesas | Pao/pao (MQN) | Frapper à la porte; tailler le bois avec une hache | (Lch) |
| New Zealand Maori | Pao-a | Strike (as with a hammer) | (Wms) |
| Niue | Pao | To punch [hit with fist]; to nail, to hammer; stop up (as a tooth, make a filling | (Sph) |
| Niue | Pao/ga | To be hit well [ex. ball] | (Sph) |
| Pukapuka | Pao/pao | Pound, tap smartly with a mallet | (Bge) |
| Rapa | Pao | Pins for thatch bonnet of house | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | Pao-ʔia | Strike (as with a club on the head; dig or nibble out, make a hole in something | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Pao(pao) | Uproot, pull up, as with repeated motions to dislodge | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Pao | Stop, check (as a pigeon flown on a cord); correct, forbid . Interrupt, stop Problematic | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Pao | Creuser le bois ou le la pierre; creuser la terre horizontalement, faire des travaux de terrassement ou d'extraction Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Lmt) |
| Tahitian | Pao | To seize or snatch suddenly, as a dog does a piece of meat Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dvs) |
| Tokelau | Pao | Push one cowrie shell ahead with another in game of tiuga | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Pao(pao) | To move a disk by throwing another against it in the game of lafo | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Pao | Dig, pick, chisel out | (Stn) |
17 entries found
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