Protoform: TA-PENA [NP] Tidy up, prepare

Description: Tidy up, prepare
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian
Notes:

*0 < PN *pena.1b

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Mangareva Tapena Présent, cadeau; honorer quelqu'un par des présents. A present made in honour of a person; to show respect or compliment by making presents (Tgr). Uncertain Semantic Connection (Rch)
Marquesas Tapena Inventeur de nouvelles Uncertain Semantic Connection (Dln)
New Zealand Maori Taapena Insult or irritate an *atua* by passing food over a person who is *tapu*. Uncertain Semantic Connection (Wms)
Nukuoro Haga/dabena Prepare, make ready (Crl)
Pukapuka Taapena(pena) To prepare, get ready (Bge)
Samoan Taapena/pena To carry off load by load (Prt)
Samoan Tapena Tidy up, clear up; prepare, get ready; put on board (ship), load; pack up (Mnr)
Tahitian Tapena. Taapena (Aca). A thing devoted to the gods, such as a pig, when a piece of sinnet was tied inthe ear; to prepare ominous hogs, in order to tell the end of an approaching war Uncertain Semantic Connection (Dvs)
Tokelau Tapena Tidy up; put away; get ready; clear off (Sma)
Tuamotu Taapena A sacrificial offering or victim (animal or human)... Uncertain Semantic Connection (Stn)
Tuvalu Tapena To pack, put into a container (Jsn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Ta(a)pena, tap/tapena Prepared, ready (Hnh)

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