Protoform: TUE [CE] Tough, thick: *tue(tue)
| Description: | Tough, thick: *tue(tue) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian | (Pe)peʔe/kue | Coarse, as lace or hair; thick, clumsy, lumbering (as a puppy's feet). | (Pki) |
| Hawaiian | Peke/kue | Blunt | (Pki) |
| Marquesas | Ouoho tuetue | Cheveux raides | (Dln) |
| Rarotongan | Tue | Numb | (Bse) |
| Rarotongan | Pete/tue | Thick (opp. *angiangi*, thin, flimsy) | (Bse) |
| Tahitian | Tuetue | Thick, stout, as cloth or boards | (Dvs) |
| Tuamotu | Tue | A fold, lump of flesh; protuberance, excrescence | (Stn) |
| Tuamotu | Tuetue | Sturdy (as a strongly built ship); stubby, having rounded rather than sharp/narrow ends (of canoe); broad, thick, solid, dumpy (of persons) | (Stn) |
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