Protoform: TEQE-MUU [SO] Be quiet, silent
| Description: | Be quiet, silent |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to SO: Samoic-Outlier Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *teqe 'negative', *muu 'make inarticulate sound' |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Faka/leʔemuʔu | Faire taire; se taire; sans prendre part à la conversation (postverbe). Phonologically Irregular | (Mfr) |
| Kapingamarangi | Deemuu | Quiet, silent (of a person) | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Se muu | Shut up! | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Sämuu | Stumm [silent] | (Sar) |
| Samoan | Fii/leemuu | Quiet, calm; mild, gentle, harmless; peace; silence | (Mnr) |
| Sikaiana | Seemu | Perform an action quietly, without telling anyone | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Seemuu | Quiet, private, secret | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Semu | Speak Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Fth) |
| Tikopia | Faka/seemuu | Silent | (Fth) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Temu, themu, semu | Be quiet, silent; be the same as earlier | (Hvn) |
| West Uvea | Faga/semu | Triste, silencieux | (Hmn) |
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