Protoform: PISI.3 [PN] To affect, strike (as a disease)
| Description: | To affect, strike (as a disease) |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Pisi | Take hold of something | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | Pihi | Etre atteint par une chose jaillissante ou contagieuse | (Btn) |
| Fijian | Bisi | Pitch or throw a thing but not throw it away Problematic | (Cpl) |
| Luangiua | Pihi | Shoot | (Smd) |
| Nukumanu | Ka/pihi (pl. kapipihi) | Happen Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Trt) |
| Pukapuka | Pii/a | To be affected from a type of disease | (Sby) |
| Rennellese | Pisi | To hit, strike; to burst with a sound, as rocks in a hot fire; to break, as a boil; to bang, as a gun; to explode; to crack, as thunder | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Pisi | Be contagious, infectious | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Ka/pihi | Make a crashing sound, have an impact, strike | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Haka/p/pisi | Shoot (e.g. a gun, snap the fingers, tap a coconut to check its contents | (Mle) |
| Tongan | Pihi/a | To be infected with a disease | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Bihi/a | Contagious | (Mar) |
| Tuvalu | Pihi | Spread (of a disease) ; infect someone with illness | (Rby) |
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