Protoform: QENE [PN] Tickle by touching, poke
| Description: | Tickle by touching, poke |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> PN *ma-qene |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | ʔEneʔene | Tickle, touch so as to tickle | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | ʔEne(ʔi) | Chatouiller | (Btn) |
| New Zealand Maori | Moe whaka/ene/ene | Practise sodomy | (Wms) |
| Niue | Ene, kene, tene | To poke (usually refers to very careful poking with a rod into cavity to get an animal to come out) Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| Niue | Tene/tene | Poke a stick into a hole to drive out a crab Phonologically Irregular | (McE) |
| Niue | Vene | To tickle or touch lightly (so as to get someone's attention); to itch, irritate, be rough (of throat); small kalahimu crab Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| Pukapuka | Ene | To cuff, slap with the hand Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sby) |
| Rennellese | ʔEneʔene | Tickle, pry, poke | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | ʔEne(ʔene) | Tickle | (Mnr) |
| Samoan | Ene/ene | Tickle | (Prt) |
| Tongan | ʔEne | Tickle, touch so as to tickle | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Ene | Poke (e.g. fish in hole) w. finger etc | (Stn) |
12 entries found
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