Protoform: QELO [PN] Stink

Description: Stink
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. EP *qeo

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Ero Offensive odour; to give off an offensive odour (rotten smell) (Fbg)
East Futuna ʔElo Stink (Bgs)
East Uvea ʔElo Sentir mauvais, puant (Rch)
Easter Island Neʔo-neʔo Very bad smelling (worse than piro) Phonologically Irregular (Wbr)
Emae Elo Stink Problematic (Cpl)
Hawaiian Elo Wet, soggy (Pki)
Mangareva ʔEro Avorton (Rch)
Marquesas Eʔoeʔo (MQS, Ua Pou), Veʔoveʔo (MQN) Sentir très mauvais, se faisander (Lch)
New Zealand Maori Ero Putrid (Wms)
Niue Elo Stink, evil smell (Sph)
Pukapuka Elo(elo) Putrid, stinking (Bge)
Raʔivavae Ero Pus, semen (Stn)
Rennellese ʔEgo Stink, smell bad (Ebt)
Samoan Elo Stink (Prt)
Tahitian Ero A kind of sauce. Se dit du mitihue quand les morceaux de coco ont suffisament trempé dans l’eau fermentée et se désagrègent (Lmt). (Dvs)
Tahitian Faʔa/ero Pourri (oeuf) (Lmt)
Tikopia Elo Bad-smelling, stinking Phonologically Irregular (Fth)
Tokelau Elo Give off a foul smell; stench (of decomposing flesh) (Sma)
Tongan ʔElo, ʔeho Stinking, putrid, to be (Cwd)
Tongan Eho Fetid; putrid (Mar)
Tongan Elo Stinking, putrid (Mar)
Tongan Fa/eho A stinking breath (Mar)
West Uvea Elo (Tubercule) pourri en terre [Heo Dialect]; (poisson) pourri [Muli Dialect] (Hmn)

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