Protoform: TAKA-AANINI [CE] Be dizzy, experience vertigo

Description: Be dizzy, experience vertigo
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian
Notes:

*0 << PN *taka.1a "revolve, etc.", *aa-nini "giddy, vertigo"

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Hawaiian Kaʔanini Writhe, squirm, as a fidgety child; go round and round, as a dog greeting a friend (Pki)
Mangareva Takaanini Giddy (I) (Rch)
Marquesas Takanini, taʔanini (MQS) Évanouissement, défaillance, vertiges, étourdissements, syncope, éblouissements, chanceler. Avoir des vertiges, des éblouissements, s'évanouir (Lch). (Dln)
Marquesas Takanini Etourdissiement, avoir un vertige; feel dizzy, feel giddy (Chf)
New Zealand Maori Takaaanini Giddy, dizzy (Wms)
Rarotongan Takaaanini Reel, whirl giddily (of the head) (Bse)
Tahitian Taʔanini Etre étourdi (après un coup) (Lmt)
Tuamotu Takanini Dizzy, giddy (Stn)

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