Protoform: TAA-MATE-A [PN] Kill, extinguish: *ta(a)mate
| Description: | Kill, extinguish: *ta(a)mate |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Ta mate | To kill (strike dead); to extinguish something such as a light or fire | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Tamate | Tuer, frapper pour blesser; meurtre | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Tamate, taamate/ʔi | Frapper, battre, assommer, tuer, massacrer | (Rch) |
| Hawaiian | Kaa make loa | To dash to death, hurl down...; to doom to death | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Taafakamatea | Kill Problematic | (Clk) |
| Luangiua | Kaia make | Kill Problematic | (Hbn) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Taamate | To kill | (Psn) |
| Niuafoʔou | Taamate/ʔi | Kill | (Tmo) |
| Niue | Taamate | To kill, murder, eliminate; delete, erase, put out | (Sph) |
| Penrhyn | Taamate | To stop [engine] | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Taamate | To put out (fire) | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Taamate | Kill, exterminate, get rid of; extinguish, quench (light, flame, flow of water), turn off (tap, radio), stop (engine running); beat, defeat... | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Tamate | To put out, as a light, fire, torch, or stove; to stop, as an engine, radio, or work; to kill | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Tamate | To kill, of trees and animals; to cut off all the leaves of a tree | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Taa ki mate | Kill Problematic | (Dnr) |
| Tikopia | Tamate | Kill, put to death, by extension to hit hard, render insensible by blows; extinguish (e.g. a fire) | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Taamate | Kill, slaughter; cross out, erase; eradicate, wipe out, get rid of; (of a light, fire, etc.) put out, turn off... | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Taamate/-ʔi | To kill; to knock out or defeat (in boxing or wrestling), to stop (a clock or an engine etc....to put out or extinguish (a fire or a light).... | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Tamate. Tamaté. Támatéä. | To kill by striking. Kill him, kill it. To kill. | (Mar) |
| Tuvalu | Tamate | To kill, murder, execute; to turn off, shut off | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tamatea | Kill, slaughter | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Tamte-a | To extinguish fire | (Cpl) |
| West Uvea | Taamate-a | Éteindre (feu, lumière), tuer (qn) | (Hmn) |
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