Protoform: SOGO [PN] Offensive smell, esp. of urine
| Description: | Offensive smell, esp. of urine |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *4 POC *so9o 'acrid, pungent, as smell of urine' (LPO V:507). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Ho/hogo | Odeur d'urine | (Btn) |
| Easter Island | Hoŋo/hoŋo | Putrefied, decomposed (of meat) | (Kvt) |
| Hawaiian | Ho/hono/ | Odour of perspiration | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | Hongo-kerekere | Faeces Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Ebt) |
| Luangiua | Maŋu soŋo | Smelly sexual organs | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | ʔOgo/ʔogo | Mauvaise odeur; sentir légèrement mauvais | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Pi/ʔoŋo | Urine, uriner; urinate | (Chf) |
| Marquesas | Hoko/hoko, hono/hono | Sentir fort, comme urine | (Dln) |
| Niue | Hogo elo | To smell bad | (Sph) |
| Niue | Ho/hogo | To smell something (from a distance) | (Sph) |
| Niue | Kogo | To smell of urine Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| Nukuoro | Songo/songo | Genitals (male or female) | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Songo | Smell of urine | (Rmn) |
| Pukapuka | (Yo)yongo | Smell of urine | (Sby) |
| Raʔivavae | Hoŋo | To have the odor of urine | (Stn) |
| Rarotongan | ʔOngoʔongo | Stink (especially of the stench of urine and similar fetid odours) | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Songo/ʔanga | Sex organs | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Sogo | Smell of urine | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | S/sono | To smell bad, of sex organs (Restricted) | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | S/sono | Smell bad from body odour (esp. of genitals) | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Songo | Female genitalia | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Ho/hogo | Smell of urine | (Sma) |
| Tongan | (Namu-)Hohongo | Smell of (or like) urine | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Hoŋo | Smell of urine | (Stn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Namu songo | Smell of fish | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Tanamu/soŋo-a | To cause a thing to smell by touching it (e.g. with fishy hands) | (Cpl) |
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