Protoform: RERE-KEE [CE] Take a different course, change behaviour or position

Description: Take a different course, change behaviour or position
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian
Notes:

*0 PN *lele 'fly, run', *kehe 'different'
*8 RAR rere kee 'fly off' (Buse 1996 s.v.kee) represents the original, non-idiomatic use of this phrase.

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Hawaiian Lele ʔee To speak prematurely or before one is spoken to; to jump to conclusions (Pki)
Marquesas Éé ke Séparé, en deux morceaux, en deux parties (Dln)
New Zealand Maori Rere kee Be changed, be different; extraordinary (Wms)

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