Protoform: POO-RUTU [CE] Strike hard
| Description: | Strike hard |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 << EP *rutu |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian | Pooluku | Pound to pieces; destroy, slaughter | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | Porutu | Chant dédié au roi, aux nobles Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rch) |
| New Zealand Maori | Poorutu | Dash, break (of sea); splash with hands | (Wms) |
| Pukapuka | Poolutu/lutu | To rain heavily | (Sby) |
| Rarotongan | Poorutu | Pour down heavily, in torrents (rain, waterfall) | (Bse) |
| Tahitian | Porutu | Loud, clamorous, applied to a voice; to be speaking very loud Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dvs) |
| Tuamotu | Porutu | Repel or check by a sign of the hand, as an unwelcome advance or displeasing remark; to trim down the edge of a strake or plank Problematic | (Stn) |
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