Protoform: PUROTU [CE] Beautiful, handsome
| Description: | Beautiful, handsome |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *pulotu "abode of the gods" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian | Puuloku | Comely, tender | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | Porotu | Beauty, handsome person. Bon, gentil; beau; beauté (Rch). Belle femme; beautiful woman. (Homme) charmant; nice, pleasant (man). (Atl). Phonologically Irregular | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Poʔotu | Belle, élégante, pleine de charme en parlant des femmes et quelquefois des choses, mais jamais des hommes Phonologically Irregular | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Puʔotu (MQN), poʔotu (MQS) | Belle femme, beautiful woman | (Chf) |
| Marquesas | Po-ótu | Beautiful, fine (applied to women) | (Crk) |
| Moriori | Porotu | Beauty | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Purotu | Agreeable, pleasant; handsome; clear, transparent | (Wms) |
| Penrhyn | Purotu | Beautiful | (Rmn) |
| Pukapuka | Pulotu | Beautiful ; beauty, handsome person | (Sby) |
| Rarotongan | Purotu | Pleasant, pleasing, agreeable | (Sve) |
| Tahitian | Purotu | Joli, beau (se dit surtout des femmes) | (Lmt) |
| Tuamotu | Purotu | Slightly handsome, attractive | (Stn) |
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