Protoform: PUKU.2B [NP] To swell up; swollen; round, fat

Description: To swell up; swollen; round, fat
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian
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Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Kapingamarangi Bugu Bulge (v) (Lbr)
Luangiua Puʔu Swell; full up (Smd)
Mangaia Puku/puku To swell up (Sta)
Mangareva Puku Être gonflé (Rch)
Marquesas Puku/puku (MQN), puʔu/puʔu (MQS) Gonflé, boursouflé, gros (Lch)
New Zealand Maori Puku Swell (vi) (Wms)
Nuguria Puku Swollen (Dvl)
Nuguria Puku/puku Swollen (skin disease) (Dvl)
Penrhyn Puku Swell, become swollen (Sta)
Pukapuka Puku/puku Round (Bge)
Pukapuka Pu/puku Small, rounded (of people) (Sby)
Sikaiana Puku To swell from an injury (Dnr)
Sikaiana Puku/puku Round (Dnr)
Tikopia Puku/puku Rounded (Fth)
Tuvalu Puku/puku Spheroid (like a puku [mouthful] prepared for eating; short and fat (of people) (Rby)
Tuvalu P/puku To be fat (Jsn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Puku Be swollen (Hnh)
West Futuna (H)puku Round (two or three dimensional form without sharp edges or straight sides) (Dty)
West Futuna X/puku (FUT) To be bitten (by ant); the feeiing of a bite Uncertain Semantic Connection (Cpl)

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