Protoform: QEPU [SO] Murky, cloudy (of water)
| Description: | Murky, cloudy (of water) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to SO: Samoic-Outlier Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. NP *lepu "agitated, rough (of water)" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | ʔEpu | Trouble (eau) | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | ʔEpu(ʔepu) | Etre trouble, non clair (en parlant d'un liquide) | (Rch) |
| Nukuoro | Ebu/ebu | Foam, bubbles | (Crl) |
| Rennellese | ʔEpu | To overflow, spill, fall out (as a person from a canoe); to fall off (as a fish from a hook) | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Ga/epu | (of water) Cloudy, muddy | (Mnr) |
| Samoan | Epu-a | To stir about, to stir up (as water); to stir round, as arrowroot in preparing it | (Prt) |
| Takuu | Epu | (of water) Murky because of stirred up sediment | (Mle) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Epu | Be unclear (ex. sea) | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hua/epu/a | Make dirty; stir up | (Hvn) |
| West Uvea | Epu | (Eau) etre trouble | (Hmn) |
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