Protoform: PENA.1B [PN] Prepare; get something ready, attend to, take care of
| Description: | Prepare; get something ready, attend to, take care of |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *2 PFJ *bena "dress hair" (Bgs). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Pena | To fix, repair | (Fbg) |
| Anuta | Pena/pena | To prepare, get ready for; ready | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Pena/pena | Preparer, disposer, arranger. Maquiller (Mfr). | (Gzl) |
| East Uvea | Pena/pena | Reparer, arranger, embellir | (Btn) |
| East Uvea | Pena | Peindre, badigeonner, embellir [exx. tête, maison]; peinture, toute substance destinée à être appliquée en badigeonnage, mortier de chaux et de sable; | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | Pena/pena | Place firewood in oven before lighting | (Fts) |
| Emae | Pena/pena | Prepare | (Cpl) |
| Kapingamarangi | Bene/bene | Keep, care for, take care of | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Peŋa/peŋa | Make | (Hbn) |
| Luangiua | Pe/peŋa | Make, fashion | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Peŋa/peŋa | Heilen [heal] | (Sar) |
| Marquesas | Pe/pena | Créer, façonner, composer, inventer | (Lch) |
| New Zealand Maori | Pena(pena) | Take care of, tend, husband, preserve knowledge | (Wms) |
| Nuguria | Pena | Make, form, build (house); continue | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Pena (pl. ppena) | Make, do | (Trt) |
| Nukumanu | Pena/pena | Making | (Tpi) |
| Nukumanu | Peena/a | Make | (Tpi) |
| Nukuoro | Pena | Take precautions | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | Pena/pena | Get ready, prepare | (Bge) |
| Rennellese | Haka/pena/pena | Dress in finery, or anoint with turmeric | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Pena/pena | Wash | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Pena | Cut up (animal) | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Pena/pena | Do, make (exs prepare feast, build house); make string figure designs; use love magic to win someone's affections | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Pena | To bring up the rear, or weak part of an army, when in danger | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Pena/pena | To bring up, and shelter repeatedly, those that are behind in an army when retreating; also to cover and protect the helpless | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Pena | Build, fix, repair; be made of; invoke | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Pena(pena) | Prepare; get ready | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Pena | Scour a pig for eating | (Sma) |
| Tokelau | Pena/pena | Dress up for special occasions | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Pena | Mend (a net or web) | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Pena/pena/ | Keep a boat trim and clean | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Pe/pena | To be tended, taken care of | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Pena | Carve pig, fish, chicken, turtle correctly | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Pe/pena/a | Prepare | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Pena/penaina | To serve | (Ray) |
| West Futuna | Pena | Prepare, fix, do, make | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Pen/pena | To fix up, repair, prepare; look after. Se réconcilier (Rve). | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Pena (FUT), mna (ANI) | Do, make | (Cpl) |
| West Futuna | Pena/(nga)ne/sa (FUT) | Bad habit, evil-doing | (Cpl) |
| West Futuna | Pená/nga(nea) | Doing, deed, action, activity, doing things | (Cpl) |
| West Uvea | Pena/pena | (Se) preparer | (Hmn) |
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