Protoform: PANA.1A [AN] Release something held under tension, recoil

Description: Release something held under tension, recoil
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to AN: Austronesian
Notes:

*0 >> CE *koo-pana "force out with instrument"
*1 Cf. PN *fana.1 "shoot with bow"
*4 POC *p(w)anaq "bow; to shoot" (LPO I:225).
*5 PAN *panaq "throw something at a target; shoot with bow and arrow" (ACD).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Hawaiian Pana Shoot (as marbles) (Pki)
Marquesas Ko/pana (Ua Huka), ʔopana (MQS) Puce, flea (Chf)
Marquesas Pánna To fillip (Crk)
Marquesas Pana/pana (MQS) Frétiller, wriggle [of fish] (Chf)
Marquesas Pana Sauter, petiller, se relever, battre. Sauter, bondir (Lch). Donner une chiquenaude; flick [Southeast Marquesan Dialect] (Atl). (Dln)
Marquesas Para/para (Ua Huka, Ua Pou), papara (NKH), panapana (Hiva Oa) (Pluie) rejaillir sur une pierre; (rain) rebound on stones (se dit aussi des chèvres qui bondissent; also used to describe jumping goats) Phonologically Irregular (Chf)
New Zealand Maori Pana Spring (as of a trap), fillip (Wms)
Nuguria P/pana Inept, clumsy Uncertain Semantic Connection (Dvl)
Penrhyn Pana To open, pry open, force open; clam lever, pry Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sta)
Penrhyn Pana/pana Leap up and down, jump around (Sta)
Pukapuka Pana Bounce (Mta)
Tahitian Pana The name of an amusement of children; to search or feel for a thing by means of some instrument; to raise up a thing with a lever or bar; to more or turn over with a hand spike; to toss or kick a football Uncertain Semantic Connection (Dvs)
Tahitian Pana Se servir d'un bâton ou d'un ustensile pour chercher, soulever ou retourner quelque chose Uncertain Semantic Connection (Lmt)
Tuvalu Pana Slingshot; shoot with a sling (Rby)

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