Protoform: RARE.A [CE] Have speech impediment, speak indistinctly
| Description: | Have speech impediment, speak indistinctly |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. EP *pa-rare "speak imperfectly", CK *muu-rare |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mangareva | Rare/rare | Mentir; parler avec grande difficulté, ne pas articuler proprement (à cause d'un défaut). Speak with great difficulty, with words wrongly pronounced through some impediment in the speech. | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Rare | Changer de parole, d'avis; parler très difficilement. Change one word for another in speaking; speak with difficulty, without being easily understood (Tgr). | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Nane | Ton lent, langoureux, chantant Phonologically Irregular | (Lch) |
| New Zealand Maori | Rare | Dull, stupid; laziness, indolence | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Whaka/rare | Distort (of a carving pattern) | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Rare/rare | Confused in mind | (Wms) |
| Pukapuka | Waka/lale/lale | Pronounce, utter, often incoherent Problematic | (Sby) |
| Rarotongan | Rare | Slurred, indistinct, stammering, (of speech); to blurt out | (Bse) |
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