Protoform: SEU [CP] Raking or scooping motion, hence clearing, sweeping away, netting
| Description: | Raking or scooping motion, hence clearing, sweeping away, netting |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CP: Central Pacific |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | V/eu | Catch birds by net Problematic | (Fbg) |
| Easter Island | ʔOhio haka heu | Hoe | (Wbr) |
| East Futuna | Seu | Sweep; knock fruit off with a stick | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Heu | Ecarter, detourner, rejeter | (Rch) |
| Emae | Seu | Break ground, as a crab | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Seu | Scratch, as a hen | (Cpl) |
| Kapingamarangi | Heu | Disorder, messy, untidy | (Lbr) |
| Kapingamarangi | Heu/heu | Scatter | (Ebt) |
| Luangiua | Ma/seu | Smash | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Seu. Seuu. Seo. | Scatter. Smash. Destroy. | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | ʔEuʔeu | Esquisser un projet, une idée; ébaucher, ne faire que de commencer Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Ta/ʔeu | Ôter superficiellement la peau du fruit à pain; râcler imparfaitement; sarcler l'herbe sur le sol en laissant les racines | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Whaka/hei. | Bring net down flat over fish. To net fish, to scoop up fish with a small net or with the hands; to net flying fish (Sve). Phonologically Irregular | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Heʔu (MQN), feʔu (MQS) | Faire sauter la ligne en pêchant; gratter, râcler | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Seu | Catch bonito etc. with rod and spinner, also said of birds (I) Problematic | (???) |
| Marquesas | Ko/feu (MQS), ko/heu (MQN) | Peigne, rateau Phonologically Irregular | (Lch) |
| New Zealand Maori | Heu | Clear away, shave, separate, pull asunder | (Wms) |
| Niue | Heheu | To scatter (leaves with foot) | (Sph) |
| Niue | Heu | Net birds or flying-fish with long-handled net; ruffle (hair, with raking motion); charge (with head, as bull). Shuffle away (McE). | (Sph) |
| Niue | Ma/heu/heu | Dishevelled | (McE) |
| Nuguria | Heu | A kind of net supplied with a handle used to catch flying foxes... | (Dvl) |
| Nuguria | Seu, heu-a | Destroy, demolish (a piece of sugar) | (Dvl) |
| Nuguria | S/seu | Hollow out (tree trunk, carving a canoe) | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Ma/seu (pl. maaseu, mult. maseuseu) | Destroyed; scattered | (Trt) |
| Nukumanu | Seu (pl. sseu, pass. seu(a) ria) | Destroy; abolish, annul; violate (law); overcome | (Trt) |
| Nukuoro | Se/seu/ | Push | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | Yeu | Flick off, knock off | (Mta) |
| Raʔivavae | Heu | To lift off, remove (as a cover of a native oven); (obs.) to turn over (as a page, edge of a mat) | (Stn) |
| Rarotongan | ʔEu | Open, bring to view, part, make known | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Seu | Throw, scatter, net for catching pigeons | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Seu | To net on the wing | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Seu | Catch birds/fish with handnet; ward off | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Seu | To destroy | (Dnr) |
| Sikaiana | Seu manu | Catch birds with a net; a handheld net for catching birds | (Dnr) |
| Sikaiana | S/seu | To fish with a bamboo rod using a casting motion that pulls the hook over the top of the surface of water | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Heu/heu | Oter ses vêtements (arch.) | (Lmt) |
| Tahitian | Heu | To throw off, as an infant its covering | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Seu | Oval hand net formerly used while perched in a tree for catching edible birds | (Mle) |
| Takuu | Seu | Erase, remove; break something apart, destroy; do the first rough cutting of a log in carving a canoe (generally using an axe) | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Seu | Intercept, snare | (Fth) |
| Tikopia | Seu/seu/ | Avert | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Heu/heu | Cast and draw with fishing rod | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Heu | Rake, stir, push out of way, ward off | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Heoo | To ward off, to avoid | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Heu | Open, lift off, remove, reveal | (Stn) |
| Tupuaki | He/heu | To open, as the door ("Old Tubuaian") | (Atn) |
| Tuvalu | Heu | Scoop into a net (of birds, fish) | (Rby) |
| West Futuna | Seu/a | To push, to slide | (Dty) |
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