Protoform: QAFU.1 [PN] To be hot and humid

Description: To be hot and humid
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. TO *qafua "fine (weather)", NP *ma-qafu "steamy"

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna ʔAfu Fumee, vapeur; etre chaud, brulant, en parlant de la cuisine (Gzl)
East Uvea ʔAʔafu Bruler, etre brulant (Rch)
East Uvea ʔAfu Mettre le feu a le four Wallisien (Rch)
Fijian Yavu Burned up, consumed (Cpl)
Mangareva Aʔu Etre chaud, rouge de chaleur (Rch)
New Zealand Maori Ma/ahu/ Steamy (Wms)
Niue Afu, a/afu, afu/afu Hot, oppressive, sultry, airless (McE)
Niue Te/afu, ta/afu Tired Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sph)
Pukapuka Awu Hot (Bge)
Raʔivavae Ahu Warm, feverish, hot (as the body) (Stn)
Raʔivavae A/ahu Steam, vapor (Stn)
Rennellese ʔAʔahu Burn, smart, hurt (as new tattooing); shake, as with fever (Ebt)
Samoan Aafu To be heated, to sweat (Prt)
Samoan ʔAfu Sweat (McP)
Tahitian Ahu Chaleur radiante; dégager de la chaleur par radiation, chauffer en parlant du piment; fièvre, avoir la fièvre (Lmt)
Tahitian Ahu/ahu Hot, sultry, not airy; the heat of the sun or of clothes (Dvs)
Tikopia Afu Be drenched; be moved emotionally, in warmth (Fth)
Tokelau Aafu Perspiration, sweat; (of plants) wither and die (Sma)
Tongan ʔAfu Hot and steamy, of air, of an earth-oven, of a feverish person (Cwd)
Tongan ʔAʔafu Very hot and steamy (Cwd)
Tuamotu Aahu Steam, vapour; hot from exertion (Stn)
Tuvalu Aafu To sweat (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Ahu Be hot (about a sick person) (Hvn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Ahu/ahu Be tired, weak, etc. due to pregnancy Uncertain Semantic Connection (Hvn)

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