Protoform: PILO [PN] To stink (of excrement), putrid

Description: To stink (of excrement), putrid
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*0 >> CE *koo-piro
*1 Cf. PN *pilau "decayed, stinking"

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Pilo Stink of human excrement (Bgs)
East Uvea Pilo Smell of excrement (Rch)
Easter Island Piro Corrupt, fetid, putrid, rotten, stinking... (Fts)
Easter Island Piro Pus; rotten; stinking, bad smelling (Wbr)
Hawaiian Pilo Swampy, foul odor, as of a swamp; halitosis; polluted (Pki)
Kwaraʔae Bila Stinking (Shn)
Luangiua Muŋo/pilo, maŋ/pilo Stink of faeces (Hbn)
Luangiua Maŋu/pilo/ Smell of faeces (Smd)
Mangareva Piro Puanteur; sentir mauvais (Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Pi/piro Unpleasant smell (slightly rotten) (Bck)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Piro Stink, stench, evil smell (Sve)
Marquesas Piʔo. Piʔo/piʔo (Lch). Exhaler une mauvaise odeur. Qui exhale une mauvaise odeur; gâté, corrompu (Lch). (Dln)
Moriori Piro Stink (Shd)
New Zealand Maori Piro Putrid, stinking; foul smell; offensive matter from a sore (Wms)
Niue Pilo Dirty; dirt, waste (Sph)
Niue Faka/pilo To defecate (Sph)
Nukuoro Pilo Stink (Crl)
Penrhyn Pi/piro Pus (Sta)
Penrhyn Piro To be old and smell bad (Sta)
Pukapuka Pi/pilo To stink; foul-smelling (Bge)
Rarotongan Piro/piro Smell rotten or putrid (Bse)
Rarotongan Piro Old and much worn (of things), worn out, rotten (Bse)
Rennellese Pigo Stinking, as faeces (Ebt)
Samoan Pilo Pedere [to break wind] (Prt)
Sikaiana P/pilo To smell of feces (Dnr)
Tahitian Piro Filth, uncleanness; worn, or soiled, applied to a garment; ill savoured (Dvs)
Tahitian Piro/piro Offensive, as a person's breath, or other things of a bad scent (Dvs)
Takuu P/pilo Smell of excrement, stink, have excrement on s.t. or on one’s body (Mle)
Tikopia Piro Stinking (of faeces or urine) (Fth)
Tokelau Pi/pilo/ Foul smell (of faeces) (Sma)
Tuamotu Piro A foul smell, offensive odor; putridity, offensive matter, corruption (Stn)
Tupuaki Piro/piro Smell, bad odor (Atn)
Tuvalu Pilo Smell of human excrement (Rby)
West Uvea Pilo Bredouille (Réligieuse, 1880) (Hmn)

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