Protoform: QETE.* [EP] Disgusted by, disgusting

Description: Disgusted by, disgusting
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to EP: East Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *qete-qete "be careful, walk carefully"
*8 Note. PUK considered a borrowing.

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Easter Island ʔEʔete Disgusting, having bad taste; get angry, indignant, be in bad humour (Fts)
Easter Island Haka/ʔeʔete Reject something with disgust, show disgust at something (Fts)
Hawaiian ʔEke Cringe, shrink from, draw away from, flinch, wince (Pki)
Hawaiian ʔEkeʔeke Fussy, over-exacting, cranky (Pki)
Mangareva Ete Afraid (Rch)
Mangareva Ku/ete Tremblotter, grelotter de froid, de peur; avoir la peau glacée de frayeur (Rch)
Marquesas Ete/ete Tremble [Southeast Marquesan Dialect] (Dln)
Marquesas Kiʔi/ete Frisson, sursaut, surprise (Lch)
Marquesas Pu/ete Trembler d'émotion (Lch)
Marquesas Keke/áite To tremble (Crk)
Marquesas Kikii/ete Convulsions (Dln)
New Zealand Maori Eti Shrink, recoil (Wms)
New Zealand Maori Eti/eti Disgusting (Wms)
New Zealand Maori Whaka/etieti/ Loathe (Wms)
Niue Ko/ete, folo/ete Anus Problematic (McE)
Tahitian Ete/ete Shocked, disgusted, shamed (Dvs)
Tahitian Ete To flinch (Dvs)

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