Protoform: PUKAA [CE] Eager, impatient: *pu(u)-kaa
| Description: | Eager, impatient: *pu(u)-kaa |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *kaha 'burn' |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Puukaa/kaa | Homme malin, rusé Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Mfr) |
| Hawaiian | Puuʔaa/ʔaa, puukaa/kaa | Scattered, dispersed; to flee in disorder and fright Problematic | (Pki) |
| New Zealand Maori | Pukaa | Eager; jealous; impatient; overheated, out of breath, exhausted (by exhaustion, fear, etc.); to perspire | (Wms) |
| Rarotongan | Puukaa | To experience a burning feeling inside (e.g. heartburn); burning hot (as a drought-stricken land) | (Bse) |
| Tuamotu | Pukaa | ? Eagerness, impatience, breathlessness | (Stn) |
| Tuamotu | A/pukaa | Eagerly, breathlessly, head-over-heels, frantically | (Stn) |
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