Protoform: POU.2 [CE] To lower the head, plunge headlong
| Description: | To lower the head, plunge headlong |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian | Kuu/pou | To go down, walk downhill fast, stagger, to bend far forward, as one reeling drunk | (Pki) |
| Mangaia | Pou | Jump or dive into the water | (Sta) |
| Mangareva | Ru/pou | Boire en se baissant et en mettant les lèvres sur l'eau, dans un ruisseau, etc. | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Tu/poou. Tu/pou (Atl). | Se baisser, se courber; se recourber (se dit des calebasses dont l'ouverture est recourbée en bas). Se baisser; stoop, bend down (Atl). | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Pau | To dive Phonologically Irregular | (Krk) |
| Marquesas | Tu/pou | Pencher, incliner, faire pencher; s'envelopper dans son drap de lit, se cacher la tête dedans ou dans ses mains | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Uru/pou | To plunge (vi) | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tuu/pou | Bow the head, stoop down; fall or throw oneself headlong; dive; headlong, head first... | (Wms) |
| Penrhyn | Tuu/pou | Lower the head | (Sta) |
| Rarotongan | Tuu/pou | Bow, bend down, stoop forward, lower the head | (Bse) |
| Rarotongan | Pou | Dive (through the air) | (Bse) |
| Tahitian | Pou | To descend from a high place | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Pou/anuana | To dive head foremost into the water | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Tu/pou | To bow the head and show the posteriors towards a person, by way of contempt | (Dvs) |
| Tuamotu | Pou | To descend (ANA) | (Stn) |
| Tuamotu | Taa/pou | To bow down; bowed down | (Stn) |
| Tuamotu | Tuu/pou | To bend over exposing the buttocks as a mark of contempt (AMN) | (Stn) |
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