Protoform: FISI [OC] Entangled

Description:	Entangled
Reconstruction:	Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic
Notes:	1 Cf. PN fihi, fifi.2a, wisi. '4 POC pisi "bind up, tie up, wind round, wrap" (LPO I:292). 8 If, as seems likely, PPN h and s between like vowels fell together as s in SO, this form is ambiguous.

Pollex entries:

Language	Reflex	Description	Source
Anuta	Piti/piti	Difficult in the extreme, used especially with respect to worship and church related matters Uncertain Semantic Connection	(Fbg)
East Uvea	Fihi, fi/fihi, fihi/fihi	Entrelacé, frisé, embarrassé	(Rch)
East Uvea	Fihi/a	Occupé	(Rch)
East Uvea	Fihi/ʔaga	Obstacle, empêchement (obs)	(Rch)
Fijian	Vici	Bind, coil, roll up	(Cpl)
Samoan	Fisi	Entwine (as a vine round a stick)	(Prt)
Tikopia	Fisi	Tangled, troubled	(Fth)
Tikopia	Fisi/fisi	Tangled up, difficult, irritated	(Fth)

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