Protoform: SAO [MP] Escape
| Description: | Escape |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *2 PCP *sa(R)o (Gty. 1983). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Hao | Escape, saved, to be | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | Haao | Echapper, se sauver | (Rch) |
| Fijian | Saa | Free, at liberty | (Cpl) |
| Luangiua | Sao | Escape | (Smd) |
| Marquesas | Áo | To go away [ex. ship] Phonologically Irregular | (Dln) |
| Niue | Hao | Narrowly escape, be let off lightly | (Sph) |
| Nukumanu | Haka/sao (pl. hakassao) | Save, escape, flee | (Trt) |
| Nukuoro | Hao | Escape | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | (Ya)yao | Break loose, escape | (Bge) |
| Pukapuka | Yao | Win, excel | (Bge) |
| Rennellese | Hao | Go through a reef pass, safe, healthy | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Sao | To enter where there was a difficulty, as a canoe in a narrow passage; to escape from danger | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Sao | Escape, be free from obligation: safe, alive after some disaster; (of canoe) safely cross the reef | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Sao | Fit into or through something, (of clothes) fit; escape, survive; small distance or gap separating two locations | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Sao | Fit into; run, go off | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Hao | Escape (from death, injury etc.), be safe, get through to safety | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Hao | Escape, succeed in getting through/in/out | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Hao | Escape, be safe | (Rby) |
| West Uvea | Sao | Changer de direction, dévier sa route; prendre une direction; bifurquer; faire le tour | (Hmn) |
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