Protoform: USU.1 [OC] Push; persuade, incite
| Description: | Push; persuade, incite |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic |
| Notes: | *3 PEO *usu "push". |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Uu/a kitua | To chase out | (Fbg) |
| Arosi | Usu | Push, pull, persevere | (Fox) |
| Easter Island | ʔUhu | Insistir | (Cnt) |
| Lau | Usu/ngaia | Commandment | (Ivs) |
| Luangiua | ʔUsu | Poke Problematic | (Smd) |
| Marquesas | Uhu | Fouir, creuser avec le museau, fouiller, chercher dans la terre, dans le sable | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Uhu | Fouir, creuser avec le museau, fouiller, chercher dans la terre, dans le sable | (Lch) |
| Niue | Uhu | To poke (getting fruit from tree); to persuade someone to do wrong; get someone into trouble; incite | (Sph) |
| Nukuoro | Usu | Push | (Crl) |
| Rennellese | Usuusu | Urge, incite, invoke, encourage. | (Ebt) |
| Saʔa | Usu | To push | (Ivs) |
| Samoan | Usu | Woo, press one's suit to a succesful conclusion (including sexual intercourse) | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Usu | Convince. | (Dnr) |
| Sikaiana | Usuusu | Provoke. | (Sps) |
| Tikopia | Usuusu | Persuade someone against his will. | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Uhu | (of a man) Pay one's court, woo, solicit in love; start (a fight or quarrel) | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Uhu/ʔi | To enter or be present where one is not wanted or has not been invited | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Uhu | Push | (Rby) |
| Waya | Usu/ti | Press someone for sexual favours | (Ply) |
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