Protoform: TUQU-GAQA [PN] Difficult, inopportune
| Description: | Difficult, inopportune |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PPN *tuqu-ga, *-haqa |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Tuʔugaʔa | Retard, embarras; venir mal à propos, à contretemps, être importun | (Rch) |
| Pukapuka | Tuunga/yala | Difficult, troublesome | (Sby) |
| Rennellese | Tuʔungaʔa | Poor, destitute; to need to urinate or defecate | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Tugaa | Come inopportunely; stand in the way, as a rock in the road; situated in an awkward place ,as an abscess where it cannot be lanced | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Tuugaa | Far advanced (night); situated in a tender or delicate part of the body (boil etc); critical, insulting (remarks); serious, grave (wound) | (Prt) |
| Tokelau | Tuugaa | (Of a place or position of an abscess or boil on one's body) be very delicate and sore; (of a night) be very late, be far advanced | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Tuʔungaʔa | Sudden, unexpected, or without apparent cause or reason | (Cwd) |
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