Protoform: MA-LELE [PN] Be in motion from previous stationary position; fall, deteriorate, collapse
| Description: | Be in motion from previous stationary position; fall, deteriorate, collapse |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 << PN *lele |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Island | Haka/marere | Destroy | (Wbr) |
| Easter Island | Marere | Disband; let loose several animals | (Fts) |
| East Futuna | Malele | Chavirer, se renverser | (Gzl) |
| East Uvea | Malele | Accourir, se précipiter | (Btn) |
| Mangaia | Marere | Fall off, as a leaf | (Tgr) |
| Mangareva | Marere | To fall little by little (of a bag, a parcel, a tree); fall of gravel and stones from a mountain. Tomber peu à peu, e.g. un arbre (Rch). | (Tgr) |
| Marquesas | Mekeʔe, meʔeke, meʔeʔe | S'en aller en lambeaux, se défaire, se délier, se désenfiler; tomber de... | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Maʔeʔe (MQS) | Palan; vaincu, enfui Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Marere | Drop, fall, put off clothes, let oneself down | (Wms) |
| Niue | Malele | (of a mother's breasts) Stop lactating, cease to give milk | (Sph) |
| Nukuoro | Malele | To die Problematic | (Crn) |
| Nukuoro | Malele | Completed Problematic | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Marere | Fall off, fall out, drop, spill | (Sta) |
| Rarotongan | Marere | Fall, of fruit from a tree, etc | (Bse) |
| Tongan | Malele | To lean to one side or another, to sway; to cave in to some extent; (of crowd) run across this way or that; (of disease) become less serious | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Marere | Fall, as ripe fruit, leaves | (Stn) |
| West Futuna | Maxle/ŋa | Things left by persons now dead | (Cpl) |
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