Protoform: PEKE.1B [CE] Be carried on the wind (as smoke or a kite), dissipate, disappear

Description: Be carried on the wind (as smoke or a kite), dissipate, disappear
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian
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Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Mangareva ʔAka/peke Faire disparaitre (en parlant de la mort, d'une maladie qui enleve une famille) (Rch)
Mangareva Ti/peke Finir, cesser un travail, une action (Rch)
New Zealand Maori Peke (with atu or mai) be all gone or come, without exception; be completed, be all included (Wms)
Penrhyn Peke Disappear, be taken away (Sta)
Pukapuka Pe/peke Glide (of a bird flying without movement of wings) Borrowed (Bge)
Rarotongan Peke Removed, taken away, driven off...disappeared, gone away (of physical or emotional states); cleared (of debt); defeated, beaten (Bse)
Tahitian Haʔa/peʔe Jeter en l'air, jeter loin, fair voler un cerf-volant (Lmt)
Tahitian Peʔe Etre jeté en l'air, voler (flèche, cerf-volant), monter (fumée), se dissiper (pluie, la fumée, la fièvre); s'acquitter de; contagieuse (maladie); se propager (Lmt)
Tuamotu Peke Ascend, as a kite; fly up, as a garment lifted by the wind; take wing, as a bird; flow, spread, diffuse (Stn)

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