Protoform: MAA-UNU [PN] Slip off, peel off, be loosened or removed: *ma(a)-unu

Description: Slip off, peel off, be loosened or removed: *ma(a)-unu
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*0 << PN *unu.1 "take out, pull out"

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Maunu To untie a strip of bark-cloth, so that a *popora*-type basket falls from a woman's back (Fbg)
Easter Island Maaunu Shed skin (Kvt)
East Futuna Maa/unu/unu Soft (of old bark-cloth and Pandanus mats) (Bgs)
East Uvea Maunu Détaché, défait, dénoué, extrait de (Rch)
Emae Maunu Come out (of a hole) (Cpl)
Hawaiian Maaunu Moult, change skin, emerge from chrysalis (Pki)
Mangareva Maunu Feuilles qui sèchent (se dit d'un arbre qui périt); dessécher. Dry leaves on a tree that is dead (Tgr). Uncertain Semantic Connection (Rch)
Marquesas Maunu Se détacher. Muer, moult [Southeast Marquesan Dialect] (Atl). (Dln)
Moriori Maunu Draw (Shd)
New Zealand Maori Maunu Come out, be loosened; taken off (of clothes) (Wms)
Niue Maunu To be moved, to be shifted (Sph)
Nukuoro Maunu/si Pulled out, removed (Crl)
Pukapuka Maunu Pull out, remove (Bge)
Rennellese Maunu Fall or slip out, be extracted (Ebt)
Tahitian Maunu Bare, without leaves, hair, feathers, &c.; to be peeled, made bare (Dvs)
Takuu Maunu (of a joint) Dislocate (Mle)
Tikopia Maunu To slip away (e.g. of canoes putting to sea) (Fth)
Tokelau Maunu Be detached (from place), come loose (out of place) (Sma)
Tongan Maʔunu Tomber à travers un panier, par les fentes d'un plancher (Btn)
Tongan Maunu To run (of a thread); ladder (of a stocking) (Cwd)
Tuamotu Maunu Withdraw, slip out (e.g. crustacean shedding skin); take off clothes (Stn)
Tuvalu Maunu Pulled up (of a plant) (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Maunu Be carried away from the shore; fall down, slide; leave one by one Problematic (Hvn)
West Futuna Maunu To go ahead, go quickly (of people in file) Uncertain Semantic Connection (Cpl)

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