.MP    SAPAI :Lift, carry in arms
*1     Cf. SO *apai "lift, carry on arms or hands". This suggests an original doublet PN *hapai. TON and NIU forms would be indeterminate between these two. SO languages which show both *s and *h reflexes do not suggest any clear distinction of meaning.
*4     POC *sampat (Mke).
*5     PMP *d'a(m)bat "Zugreifen, Fassen" (Dpf. 1938).

ANU    Taapi. :Touch, pick up, carry, grab. [s.v. aapai] to carry a small object, such as a pencil or pipe, in one's hands (Fbg)
EFU    Sapai. :Lift, carry (Bgs)
EUV    Hapai. :Soutenir en dessous, soulever avec les mains (e.g. un enfant) (Rch)
EAS    Hapai. :Lift carefully; carry child in arms (Fts)
MAE    Sapai/a. :Carry in one's arms (Cpl)
HAW    Haapai. :To carry, bear, lift, elevate, raise....; pregnant, to conceive. (Pki)
KAP    Hapai. :Hold or carry in the flat of the hands (Ebt)
KAP    Haabai. :Carry (a canoe) half-lifting, carry in one's arms (Lbr)
OJA    Saapai. :Lift, carry <B> (Smd)
MVA    'Apai. Apai (Atl).. :Lift (I). Porter, transporter. Porter dans les mains, carry (Atl). (Rch)
MVA    Apai/na. :Apporter (Rch)
MVA    'Apai mai, 'apai atu. :Apporter, bring. Emporter, take away. (Chf)
MVA    Apa. :S'emparer; passer dans les mains de quelqu'un  (Rch)
MVA    Apa/ga. :Fardeau (Rch)
MVA    'Apa/'ia kiru9a. :Etre soulevé; be lifted up (Chf)
MKI    Hapai. :Carry along (Bck)
MQA    Hapai. Hupai (Dln 1904).. :Lever, enlever, emporter; élever, déplacer; être le fauteur de, exciter. Etre soulevé, be lifted up (Atl). (Lch)
MQA    Hupai. :Elever, soulever, hausser; couper au jeu de cartes (Lch)
MOR    Hapai. :Lift up . Make (war), go to war (Shd)
MAO    Haapai. :Lift up, raise;take up, carry (Wms)
NIU    Hapai. :To place someone or something in the lap (Sph)
NKO    Saabai. :Lift up and carry (Crl)
PEN    Sapai. :Lift; carry, lift up something heavy, lift up and carry (Sta)
PUK    Yapai. :Carry or lift up ; lift, carry in hands (Sby)
RAP    Apai ki te po. :To bury [a dead person] (Grn)
RAR    'Apai. :Carry, take, convey, lift (Bse)
REN    Sapai. :Hold, as a child on lap, sit on someone's lap (Ebt)
SAM    Sapai. :Hold in palms of hands, take in the arms (Prt)
SIK    Saapai. :Carry an object on the front of the chest, especially to carry a child in such a manner (Dnr)
TAH    Hapoi, hopoi. :To carry or convey (a burden) (Dvs)
TAH    Hoopoi. :Porter un object pesant, soulever (Lmt)
TAK    Saapai. :Carry in one's arms, lift [ex. child] (Mle)
TIK    Sapai. :Raise in arms, esp from affection or ritual respect (Fth)
TOK    Hapai. :Carry in arms (of a baby) (Sma)
TON    Hapai. :Support or carry in palms of hands (Cwd)
TUA    Hapai. :Lift up (Stn)
TVL    Sapai. :To lift using both hands in front [ex. baby] (Jsn)
PIL    Pa/pai/a. :Carry something while embracing it (Hvn)
PIL    Ap/apai. :To lead back (Ray)
PIL    Ap/apai-a. :Embrace (Hvn)