Protoform: TEQE.2 [PN] Ooze out, squeeze out (as excrement, pus, milk, gas)
| Description: | Ooze out, squeeze out (as excrement, pus, milk, gas) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *taqe "excrement" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Faka/teʔe/ | Express excrement from intestine when dressing poultry | (Bgs) |
| Easter Island | Tee/tee | Milk (in baby bottle); to drink | (Kvt) |
| Marquesas | Hakate (MQN), haʔate (MQS) | Se moucher, blow one's nose | (Chf) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tee | Fart | (Bgs) |
| New Zealand Maori | Whe/tee(tee) | Force out (as pus from a boil); stick out (as eyes in the %puukana|) | (Bgs) |
| New Zealand Maori | Kuu/tee/tee | Squeeze out, as in milking a cow | (Bgs) |
| New Zealand Maori | Whaka/tee | Squeeze fluid out of anything | (Wms) |
| Niue | Mo/tee | Very soft or pulpy (because of decay). Bruised [ex. fruit](Sph). | (McE) |
| Raʔivavae | Haʔatee | To blow the nose; to squeeze or press out fluid | (Stn) |
| Rarotongan | Tee | Squeeze fluid out | (Sve) |
| Rarotongan | Paa/tee/ | To milk (e.g. a cow) | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Lelee | Spill out, as water; pour forth, as urine, semen; to come; to squirt, bubble forth, leak Problematic | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Tee | Bulge, protrude | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Faʔa/tee/ | Stick out (used vulgarly) | (Prt) |
| Tokelau | Tee | Be bulging, stick out | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Te/teʔe/ | Protrude or ooze out (as toothpaste from a tube) | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Teʔe/pilo | Fart | (Cwd) |
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