Protoform: AKU [OC] Scrape out with hands

Description: Scrape out with hands
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic
Notes:

*4 POC *aku "scrape out with hands" (Gce. 1969).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Aku/aku Scratch, scrape out (Bgs)
East Uvea Aku/aku Scrape; clear out hole to plant taro (Rch)
Easter Island ʔAkui Ungir, untar Problematic (Fts)
Fijian Yaku Take soft food with fingers (Cpl)
Hawaiian Waku Scrape, grate, wear away by friction (Pki)
New Zealand Maori Aku Scrape out; cleanse (Wms)
New Zealand Maori Waku Scrape, rub, abrade (Wms)
Nggela Laku To turn over leaves Problematic (Fox)
Niue Aku To shovel up (as gravel, rubbish, etc.), dig up. Scoop; scurry (Sph). (McE)
Rennellese Aku Excavate, dig, shovel (Ebt)
Rotuman Aʔu Scrape out with the hands (Cwd)
Samoan Aʔu To scrape the dirt from the hole of the fresh planted taro, and to press down the tiapula (Prt)
Tikopia Aku/aku Take up in handfuls (Fth)
Tongan V/aku/ Dig up, unearth, scrape away dirt from, scratch, scrape (Cwd)
Tuamotu Vaku Scratch, rub off, scrape off, abrade (Stn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Aku/aku(hia) Weed (v) (Hvn)
Waya (Y)aku Take something in the fingers, as in eating fish or chicken...; take without asking (Ply)
West Uvea Aku(fia) Creuser, gratter, fouiller (Hmn)

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