Protoform: TII-PAO [CE] Bit by bit
Description: | Bit by bit |
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Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
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Hawaiian | Kiipaopao | To scoop out the earth from the side as by the sea hammering on the coast Problematic | (Pki) |
New Zealand Maori | Tiipao | Come and go irregularly, wander; pick out singly | (Wms) |
New Zealand Maori | Tiipaopao | Do irregularly, put out of proper sequence | (Wms) |
Rarotongan | Tiipaopao | Bit by bit, a little at a time, here and there, spasmodically only | (Bse) |
Tahitian | Tipao | A mark; to mark, select, to measure; a rule, measure, or scales to weigh with | (Dvs) |
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