Protoform: TOLO.2A [FJ] Creep, crawl, be dragged, or extend along the ground, walk bent over: *(to)tolo
| Description: | Creep, crawl, be dragged, or extend along the ground, walk bent over: *(to)tolo |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to FJ: Fijic |
| Notes: | *0 > PN *to-tolo 'crawl', *tolofi 'approach stealthily' |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Toro/toro | To crawl...; plant sp. (Triumfetta procumbens) | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Tolo | Traîner. Etre traîné par terre (Mfr) | (Gzl) |
| East Futuna | Tolo lalo | Se traîner sur le derrière | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Tolo/tolo | Se traîner | (Rch) |
| Fijian | Toro | Move | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Kolo | To creep, crawl; to move along, as a gentle breeze or shower; to walk bent over as in respect to a chief or an indication of humility | (Pki) |
| Hawaiian | Kolo/kolo | Any creeping vine | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | Dolo/dolo | To crawl | (Lbr) |
| Kapingamarangi | Dolo | To crawl, to edge forward | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Kolo | Kriechen [crawl] | (Sar) |
| Mangareva | Toro | Marcher en se courbant pour ne pas être vu | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Toro/aki | Se baisser; être courbé, soit par fardeau, soit par infirmité ou par vieillesse | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Toro/toro | Espion | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | ʔAka/toro/toro | Marcher avec précaution; walk cautiously. Entrer en cachette la nuit chez une femme endormie; secretly enter a house at night to seduce a woman. | (Chf) |
| Mangareva | Toro | Tendre la main; extend one's hand. | (Chf) |
| Marquesas | Toʔo/papa | Se courber fortement en marchant | (Lch) |
| New Zealand Maori | Toro | Creep | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Toro/papa | Lie flat | (Wms) |
| Niue | Tolo/tolo | To walk slowly | (Sph) |
| Niue | Tolo | Move; assemble, come together (of people); young lice Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| Niue | Faka/tolo/tolo | To crouch | (McE) |
| Nukuoro | Dolo | Creep (very slow movement over ground) | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Toro/toro | To creep, crawl | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Tolo/tolo | To crawl | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Toro/toro | Creep, slither, crawl; stretch out, extend (as tendrils etc.) | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Togo | Crawl | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Tolo (pl. fe-tolo-fi) | Crawl, swarm (said of animals found in numbers); (of animals) steal food, by moving up to it surreptitiously | (Mnr) |
| Samoan | So/solo | Creep, crawl Problematic | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Tolo | To crawl; to move slowly | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Toro | Rampant, grimpant (se dit des plantes); s'étendre, ramper, grimper | (Lmt) |
| Tahitian | Toro/toro | To creep | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Toro | (of grasses and certain plants) Grow along the ground or over a surface; collect edible shellfish in shallow water | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Toro (pl. fe-toro-fi) | Creep; crawl | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Tolo | (of crabs, insects, etc.) Crawl about in big numbers, swarm; drag something on the ground | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Tolo/na | To pass over (of clouds, rain, storm etc., or of trouble, war, &c.) | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Tolo/i | To lengthen out, draw out, extend | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Toro | Creep, crawl | (Stn) |
| Waya | Toro | Move a short distance, shift one's position | (Ply) |
| Waya | Dolo | Crawl, wriggle or slide along on one's belly, like a snake or eel | (Ply) |
| West Futuna | (Toro)(h)toro | To crawl, creep, walk bent over. Marcher a quatre pattes (Rve). | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Toro/jia | To pull, drag, haul. Tirer au sec (pirogue) (Rve). | (Dty) |
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