Protoform: PUSA.2 [MP] Foam, spray, vapour, smoke; to give off foam, vapour, or smoke; to burst, expel air, vapour, etc.
| Description: | Foam, spray, vapour, smoke; to give off foam, vapour, or smoke; to burst, expel air, vapour, etc. |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *fiso.1 "froth, foam", EC *pi-pisa "send up spray, spout" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Puha(puha), pupuha | Qui fait de la fumée | (Rch) |
| Fijian | Vuso | Effervesce, froth Problematic | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Puuhaa | Breathe, as turtle, belch, break, as an abscess | (Pki) |
| Luangiua | Pusa | Burst | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Pu/puʔa | Fumée de tabac; fumer; volute d'avant d'un bateau en marche; écumer | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Puʔa | Savon (tah.); savonner, laver Borrowed | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Puʔa | Grand four à terre; creux dans le roc d'un cap où la mer éclabousse | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Pua | Ecume, mousse, savon, laver au savon Borrowed Phonologically Irregular | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Pua/pua | Ecumer, mousser, blanchir, moutonner (en parlant de la mer); écume, mousse de savon Phonologically Irregular | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Búa/búa | Bubbles Phonologically Irregular | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | Búa | Froth Phonologically Irregular | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | Booʔaʔboor | Bubble froth Phonologically Irregular | (Rbs) |
| New Zealand Maori | Pu/puha/ | Blow, spout, as a whale | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Puha | Gasp; make a fast emission of the breath | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Pua | Foam of the sea; foaming, breaking (wave) Phonologically Irregular | (Wms) |
| Nukuoro | Pusa | Steam | (Crn) |
| Penrhyn | Pua | Soap, to wash Borrowed | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Puya | To waft a scent | (Bge) |
| Pukapuka | Puya/puya | Getting rough (of the sea) | (Mta) |
| Pukapuka | Pu/puya/ | Dust, foam, spray. An aromatic, fragrant odour (Mta). | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Puʔa | Soap; a soft white coral | (Mka) |
| Rennellese | Pusa/ʔi | Smoky | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Pusa | To send up a smoke (applied also to spray, dust and vapour) | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Puhâ | To blow, as the honu, whale, &c. Problematic | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Puhaa | Reprendre son souffle en surface après avoir plongé Problematic | (Lmt) |
| Tikopia | Pusa | Semen; ejaculation Problematic | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Puha | Rise (of vapour, smoke) | (Sma) |
| West Futuna | (H)pusa | (Fire) light up, flame up suddenly | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Pusa | Vapeur | (Rve) |
| West Uvea | Pu/pusa, pu/busa | Vapeur, poussière | (Hmn) |
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