Protoform: MAGO [MP] Dry; old (of things)

Description: Dry; old (of things)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *magu.2 'dried up'
*3 PEO *(ma)Rag(ou) "withered" (Gty. 1990:64).
*4 POC *[ma]Ra9o "become withered (of vegetation)" (LPO II:220)
*41 POC *maRa9o "coconut growth stage 9: ripe, flesh hardened (or stage 10, dry and ready to fall)" (LPO III:365).
*42 PCEMP *ma-Ra9uʔ "dry" (ACD).
*5 PMP *(ma)Ra9aw "dry" (Blust 1981b).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Mango A kind of fern (Fbg)
East Futuna Mago Old (of things) (Bgs)
Kapingamarangi Manga Turn brown (from heating), tan in the sun (Lbr)
Mangareva Tai mago/a Marée basse (Rch)
Mangareva Mago Premier, principal. First; chief (Tgr). Uncertain Semantic Connection (Rch)
Niue Maago/a Empty, dry (of fallen coconut) (Sph)
Niue Mago Dry, dried up (e.g. ground); overcooked (Sph)
Nuguria Manu Trocken Problematic (Ths)
Nuguria M/mano Fade, wither (of leaves) (Dvl)
Pukapuka Mango Mature, ripe (Bge)
Rotuman Mag/magu/ Shrivelled up with dryness, of leaves, copra, etc. (Cwd)
Samoan Mago Dry up, be dry (as wood, clothes) (Prt)
Tikopia Mango Fully mature, old (of vegetable foods) (Fth)
Tokelau Mago Dry (Sma)
Tongan Maango/a Having very little juice in it Problematic (Cwd)
Tuvalu Mago Used, worn out, old (of objects) (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Mango Fern Uncertain Semantic Connection (Hvn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Mango/a Dry (Hvn)

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