Protoform: SEPO.A [PN] Suck, slurp, lap up, lick up food
| Description: | Suck, slurp, lap up, lick up food |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *qepo "lick" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Tepo | Lick or lap something up | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Sepo | Lecher (s'emploie pour la nourriture seul) | (Gzl) |
| East Uvea | Hepo | Lecher | (Btn) |
| Emae | Sopo/tia | To lick Phonologically Irregular | (Cpl) |
| Kapingamarangi | Tobo | To lick Phonologically Irregular | (Lbr) |
| Niue | Tepo, telo | Lick, lap up Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| Pukapuka | Yepo | To lick | (Mta) |
| Rennellese | Sepo | Suck, as the finger while eating | (Ebt) |
| Sikaiana | Semo | To lick Phonologically Irregular | (Dnr) |
| Tikopia | Sepo | Eat or drink with a sucking noise | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Hopo | Lick food off something; scrape last morsels of food from a dish with fingers and lick them Phonologically Irregular | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Hepo(hepo) | Eat or drink with a sucking noise | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Sepo | To lick | (Jsn) |
| West Futuna | Sopo-tSia (ANI) | To lick Phonologically Irregular | (Cpl) |
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