Protoform: PEAU [OC] Ocean swell whether breaking or not, billow
| Description: | Ocean swell whether breaking or not, billow |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic |
| Notes: | *3 PCP *peau "wave of the open sea". |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Peau | Ocean wave | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Peau | A breaking wave | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Peau | Flot, vague | (Btn) |
| Easter Island | Peau | To sweep all away | (Chl) |
| Fijian | Biau | A wave (said to be borrowed from PN) Problematic | (Cpl) |
| Ifira-Mele | Peau | Wave on the open sea | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Beau | Wave | (Lbr) |
| Kwaio | Bio | Surf, swell, waves | (Ksg) |
| Luangiua | Peau | Wave | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Peʔu | Wave Phonologically Irregular | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Peau | Vagues. A wave of the sea, a billow (Tgr). | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Peau | Lames de la mer, flots | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Peau | Turned away, to be Problematic | (Wms) |
| Niuafoʔou | Peau | Wave | (Tmo) |
| Niue | Peau | Wave (of ocean); wave hairstyle | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Peau | Welle, Brandung, Brecher | (Ths) |
| Nuguria | Peau | Wave; rough (of sea) | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Heau | Swell (on sea) Phonologically Irregular | (Fbg) |
| Nukumanu | Peau | Wave | (Trt) |
| Nukuoro | Beau | A wave, the surf | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | Peau | A rough sea | (Bge) |
| Rennellese | Peau | Waves, especially white-caps | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Peau | Wave, billow (not breaking) | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Peau | Wave, billow | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Peau | The waves of the sea; to be rough seas | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Peau | Wave, specifically a breaker; (of sea) rough, having big waves | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Peau | Foam, spindrift at sea, breaking wave crest | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Peau | Billow, roller | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Peau | Wave, billow | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Peau | A wave (in general) | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Peau | Wave of sea | (Rby) |
| West Futuna | Peau | White caps, swell in the ocean. Sweep, of the sea (Cpl). | (Dty) |
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