Protoform: WERE-WERE.A* [EP] Hanging membrane or flesh
| Description: | Hanging membrane or flesh |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to EP: East Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. EP *taa-were "hang free, be suspended" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Island | Vere(vere) | Beard, down, hair | (Fts) |
| Easter Island | Verevere | Hairy, shaggy; tow, oakum | (Chl) |
| Easter Island | ʔAʔa/vere | Goatfishes (Mulloidichthys spp.) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rce) |
| Easter Island | Vere ʔariŋa | Beard | (Wbr) |
| Easter Island | Vere puku | Pubic hair | (Wbr) |
| Hawaiian | Wele | Fine, thin (as thread) | (Pki) |
| Hawaiian | Welewele | Suspended, hanging (Pki> | (Pki) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Kaki-verevere | Scrofulous neck | (Sve) |
| Marquesas | Eve/ʔeve (MQN), Ave (MQS) | Bavure, barbes, filaments; inégalités qui restent sur un objet scié, limé ou passé sur la meule Problematic | (Lch) |
| Penrhyn | Revareva | Tonsils, wattle, dewlap; loose skin under the throat of pigs Problematic | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | Verevere | Tassels; edge of mantle of Tridacna shell, something like short spines | (Sta) |
| Rarotongan | Vere | That which is of a gauze-like appearance, or that which is thin or fine to make; anything flimsy and easily broken; the uvula . To pout | (Sve) |
| Rarotongan | Verevere | A tassel; wattles, dewlap, the two pendulous lumps of hard skin under chin of goat; the uvula | (Bse) |
| Rarotongan | Maa/verevere | Fringed, a fringe | (Bse) |
| Tahitian | Vere | Oakum to caulk a vessel with | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Verevere | Thin, gauze-like; the eye-lids | (Dvs) |
| Tuamotu | Vere | Membrane, soft ligament, fold of body flesh; ligamentous lip of bivalve molluscs | (Stn) |
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