Protoform: TOKIA [PN] To be struck by a falling object (including rain, dew, lightning); to be "struck" by a sudden realization, taken by surprise: *to(o)kia
| Description: | To be struck by a falling object (including rain, dew, lightning); to be "struck" by a sudden realization, taken by surprise: *to(o)kia |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 << PN *too.3 'fall'. |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Toki/ʔi | Briser avec une pierre ou une hache; blesser avec une pierre, une hache ou d'un coup de poing. Percer, embrocher, enfiler avec une lance, un couteau (Gzl). | (Mfr) |
| East Futuna | Tokia | Suffoqué, oppressé, gêné, incommodé | (Gzl) |
| East Uvea | Tokia | Etre atteint par quelque chose qui tombe; être aveuglé par l'huile que l'on s'est passé sur la tête (obs.) Problematic | (Rch) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tookia, toongia, tooia | Moistened, wet (passive of too) | (Wms) |
| Niue | Tokia | To be caught unexpectedly, to be struck (as in a shower or strong wind at sea) | (Sph) |
| Niue | Toki/hala | To repent | (Sph) |
| Nukuoro | Dogia | Be wet from the rain | (Crl) |
| Rennellese | Tokia | To be hit, as by thunder | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Toʔiia | To be struck, as by a falling tree, lightning (the natives think by thunder), or any calamity | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Toʔia | Be struck; (po.) be soiled (with urine or faeces) | (Mnr) |
| Sikaiana | Tokia | To be wet from being rained upon | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Tokia | Pierce [ex. fish with spear] | (Mle) |
| Takuu | Toki | (of falling object) Strike (the ground or another object); (of thunder, according to local belief) strike; stab or spear; fall on one's head | (Mle) |
| Tokelau | Tokia | Be struck by a falling object; have a cramp in the stomach; (of wahoo when one is fishing with a noose) be frightened away.... | (Sma) |
| Tokelau | Tookia | (of certain fish spp.) Be frightened and stop biting because of some failure in fishing technique | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Tokia | To come under conviction of sin, to be moved to repentance (subj. loto) | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Tookia | To be damp, cold, wet from dew | (Jsn) |
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