Protoform: TONU.1A [FJ] Straight, right, correct

Description: Straight, right, correct
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to FJ: Fijic
Notes:

*4 POC *tonuq 'straight, correct' (LPO V:551).
*41 PWO *[t,d]onu(p) "straight" (LPO II:212).
*7 Cf. PNCV *(t,d)unu "straight, true" (Clark 2009)

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Tonu Correct, right, true (Fbg)
Anuta To/tonu Straight (Fbg)
East Futuna Tonu Straight, true, correct. Etre juste, droit, avoir raison; être décidé; falloir (tonu ke...) (Bgs)
East Futuna To/tonu Etre bien fait (Mfr)
East Futuna Fai to/tonu (Homme) juste (Mfr)
East Uvea Tonu Droit, justice, équité, exactitude, véracité, décision (Rch)
Emae To/tonu/ Straight (Cpl)
Fijian Donu Right, correct, straight (Cpl)
Ifira-Mele Too/tonu/ Straight, true, correct (Clk)
Kapingamarangi Donu Correct, true, straight; to realize, to understand (Lbr)
Luangiua Koŋu Correct (Smd)
Luangiua Ma/koŋu Straight (Smd)
New Zealand Maori Tonu A manner particle meaning just, quite, exactly, still (Bgs)
Niuafoʔou To/tonu (ke) Correct. Right, should (Tmo). (Dye)
Niuafoʔou Tonu Right (correct) (Gry)
Niue Tonu Proper, right, true, correct (Sph)
Niue To/tonu Gentle, kind Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sph)
Nuguria Haka/tonu Roll out, smooth (Ray)
Nuguria Tu/tonu tela, Tu/tonu tera Mid-day (Ray)
Nuguria Ta/tonu Scharfsichtig (Ths)
Nuguria Haka/tonu Try to reconcile two or more people (Dvl)
Nuguria Tonu Correct, right (vi) (Dvl)
Nukumanu Tonu (pl. ttonu) Straight; pure (in heart); righteous; right, just; lawful; agree (Trt)
Nukumanu Haka/tonu/tonu Judge (v); plan, conspire; justice; bear witness (Trt)
Nukumanu Haka/ma/ttonu Shrewd (pl) (Trt)
Nukuoro Donu Real, really; understand; truth, right, correct (Crl)
Pukapuka Tonu Verbal suffix: correctly (Bge)
Pukapuka Tau/tonu Correct, right, agreed (of proposition or thing) (Bge)
Rennellese Tonu Correct, right, satisfactory (Ebt)
Samoan Tonu Exact, correct; right, just; agreed, resolved, decided (Prt)
Sikaiana Tonu Correct, proper, true; straight, as in the weaving of a mat or the shape of a canoe (Dnr)
Takuu Tonu Correct, right, proper; straight, level, even; straight (adv), in a straight line, directly (Mle)
Tikopia Tonu Right, correct, true, exact (Fth)
Tokelau Tonu Correct, straight, just, fair; decision, resolution (Sma)
Tongan Tonu Exact, correct, right (Cwd)
Tongan To/tonu Straight, right, correct, proper (Cwd)
Tongan Tonoo Manifest, clear, distinct, direct, even, in a row (Mar)
Tongan (To)tonoo. Tonoo/ia. Candid, open, sincere, precise, punctual; manifest, clear, straight, in a row, upright. Guiltless, in the right. (Mar)
Tuvalu Tonu Right, correct; straight (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Thonu True, really (Hvn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Tonu/ia Be on time for, be timely at (Hvn)
West Futuna (To)(h)tonu Straight, right, correct (Dty)
West Uvea Tonu Juste, exact; droit; correctement (adv) (Hmn)

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