Protoform: WETE.1 [PN] Untie
| Description: | Untie |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> PN *ma-wete |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Ve/vete | Untie | (Yen) |
| East Futuna | Ve(ve)te | Detach, untie | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Ve(ve)te, vetevete | Délier, détacher, défaire etc. | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | Ve/vete | Loosen, untie | (Fts) |
| Emae | Vete/a | Untie | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Weke | To separate, loosen, free; crack, narrow opening; open a crack, as a door | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Vete/a | Untie, unwind, loosen, forgive | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | W/wede | Untied | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Veke | Untie | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Ve/vete | Délier, détacher | (Jnu) |
| Mangareva | Ve(te)/vete | Défaire, délier, détacher | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Ve/vete. Vete/vete (Lch). | Délier, détacher. Défaire, démêler; renvoyer, laisser aller (Lch). Déplier (des vêtements; unfold (clothes) (Atl). | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | We(we)te, wetewete | Untie, unravel, release, set free | (Wms) |
| Niue | Vete | To undo, untie, open up | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | V/vete (veete/a) | Untie, undo | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | V/vete | Untie (plural) | (Trt) |
| Nukuoro | V/vede/ | Massage Problematic | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | (Ve)vete | To take apart, part, separate | (Sby) |
| Rarotongan | Vete | Separate, part, sever | (Sve) |
| Rarotongan | Ve/vete/ | Tear apart, rip up or off | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Bebete | Untie, unwind | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Vete | Split, smash open | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Ve/vete/ | Open up a bundle of food wrapped in leaves | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | V/vete | To untie a knot | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Vetea | Separated, parted, untied | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Ve/vete | Déballer des vêtements et les examiner, soulever un linge pour voir ce qu'il y a dessous, écarter des herbes ou des feuilles pour chercher quelque chose | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | V/vete | To lower (an object), release something that is attached (particularly when the attachment holds it up) | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Vete | Untie, loosen | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Vete | Break open, open up, split; dismantle, demolish, take apart; burgle, loot, vandalise; plunder, loot, spoil | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Vete | Loose, unloose, unfasten, untie, undo, unpack, unwind, unstitch etc.; release; take off (clothes); confess (wrongdoing) | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Vete | To unrol, to loosen, to untie; to despoil, to divest, to plunder, to dispossess of, to pillage; booty, plunder | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Vete | Separate, slip off- one leaf; be apportioned out (as food) | (Stn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Veta | To peel off, change the skin | (Ray) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Veta/a | Untie | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Vete-a | Untie, loosen, open, unsnarl. Dérouler la ligne; oter (vêtements) (Rve). | (Dty) |
| West Uvea | Vete-a | Délier, défaire | (Hmn) |
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