Protoform: KONO [CP] To strain, bear down (as when defecating, giving birth)
| Description: | To strain, bear down (as when defecating, giving birth) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CP: Central Pacific |
| Notes: | *0 >> PN *faka-konokono "annoy" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Kono/kono | Angry Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Kono | Strain as in defecating | (Mfr) |
| East Futuna | Kokono | Strain as in defecating | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Konoʔi | Constipation | (Rch) |
| East Uvea | Kokono | Gémissement de colère, de douleur, effort d'expulser qc. hors du corps, effort de vomissement, d'accouchement | (Rch) |
| Ifira-Mele | Kono/kono | Kind of fighting spear Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Clk) |
| Luangiua | ʔOŋo/ʔoŋo | Try | (Smd) |
| Mangaia | Konokono | To butt (as a ram, goat) Problematic | (Chn) |
| Mangareva | Kono/kono | To wish to evacuate the bowels, to go to stool; stools, faeces. Ressentir le besoin d'aller à la selle (Rch). | (Tgr) |
| Mangareva | Kano/i | Constipé, ne pas pouvoir aller à la selle; échauffé Phonologically Irregular | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Kokono | To strain at stool | (Sve) |
| Niue | Kono/kono | To grunt (with effort) | (McE) |
| Niue | Ko/kono | To strain and strive [ex. in labour]. | (Sph) |
| Niue | Kono | To feel discontented, to moan, to sulk | (Sph) |
| Nukuoro | Go/gono | Moan | (Crl) |
| Nukuoro | Gono/gono | Grunt like a pig (Repeatedly) | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | Kokono/nga | Bearing down, as in labour | (Bge) |
| Pukapuka | Ko/kono | Strain down; to grunt, expel air | (Bge) |
| Pukapuka | Loto/kono | Staunch, true blue | (Sby) |
| Rennellese | Kono | Persevere as in face of difficulty | (Ebt) |
| Rennellese | Kono/kono | Do with zeal and speed; persist in face of difficulties | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | ʔOno | To strain (e.g. under a burden); to feel as a heavy strain, especially with groaning; press downwards with groans (of woman in travail) | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | ʔO/ʔono/ | Bear down (as a woman in labour); push | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | O/ono | To be pressing or urgent | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Ono/ono | Insister Phonologically Irregular | (Lmt) |
| Tahitian | Ono/ono | To be urgent, pressing in desire; urgently, pressingly, vehemently; anxious, pressing | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | K/kono | Strain (one's muscles, as in labour or defecation) | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Kono | Groan, grunt with effort of excreting, giving birth | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Kokono | Strain, make intense effort (as in lifting a heavy object or as a woman in labour | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Kokono | Strain down (as in childbirth labour) | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Kono/hi | Strain down and expel, as in giving birth | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Koono/hi | Press forward, strive, strain against | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Ko/kono | Bear down in childbirth, or defecating | (Rby) |
| West Uvea | Ko/kono | Avorter (Rougeyron 1860) | (Hmn) |
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