Protoform: TOI.2 [NP] Urge, encourage, pull

Description: Urge, encourage, pull
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PPN *toho "pull, drag"

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Easter Island To/toi To drag away, to put, to haul . Arrastrar; llevar por fuerza a una persona (Egt). (Chl)
Hawaiian Koi Urge, pull (Pki)
Mangareva Toi Launch a boat (Rch)
Marquesas Toi Pull, haul on rope. Tirer, attirer à soi, haler sur; traîner en longueur (Lch). Remorquer, tow (Atl). (Dln)
Marquesas (V)aʔa/toi Solliciter, porter à, engager à, exciter à; trainer la jambe (Lch)
Marquesas Éka toe Hawling the seine for fish (Crk)
New Zealand Maori Toi Encourage, incite (Wms)
Pukapuka Toi To lead; to take; draw > (Bge)
Pukapuka To/toi Drag, pull; jerk (as on line in fishing); crawl along (Bge)

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