Protoform: FORE [PN] Peel or strip (as skin or bark): *fo(r,l)e

Description: Peel or strip (as skin or bark): *fo(r,l)e
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*0 >> PN *ma-fole.1, CE *koo-fore
*1 Cf. SO *foke.
*8 Overlaps in senses with PPN *fule.

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Poore To peel something (Fbg)
Easter Island Hore To cut, mow. Line (Wbr). (Fts)
Hawaiian Hole To skin, peel, file, rasp, make a groove; to strip, as sugar cane leaves from the stalk (Pki)
Kapingamarangi Hore Peel, unwrap (Lbr)
Luangiua Hole Strip bark (Smd)
Mangareva ʔO/ʔore Couper, bûcher (Rch)
Mangareva ʔOre Terre creusée par les pluies; creuser (dans ce sens); être écorché (Rch)
Mangareva Ka/ʔore Peler légèrement quelque chose avec un couteau (Rch)
Mangareva Pa/ʔore Tailler, couper, bûcher (Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Ho/hore To strip, to skin; masturbation (Sve)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Fore/fore Peel (e.g. banana) (Osn)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Foore/a Defeated Uncertain Semantic Connection (Krk)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Horenga To be beaten in a race Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sve)
Marquesas Hoʔe Peler, écorcher, raboter, canneler (Dln)
Marquesas Hoʔe (MQN), hoke (MQS) Racler, raboter, rayer, créneler; mettre la chevelure en ordre; retrousser les manches (Lch)
Moriori Hore Tear off (Shd)
Moriori Hore Pare (Dtn)
New Zealand Maori Hore Strip v (Wms)
New Zealand Maori Tii/hore Strip off; peel, take the skin off (Wms)
Niue (Fo)fole To skin, to peel Phonologically Irregular (McE)
Penrhyn Sosore Peel off bark Phonologically Irregular (Bck)
Pukapuka Wole/wole Peel off (the bark of plants), skin an animal (Mta) (Mta)
Pukapuka Wole Payment for losing a competition Uncertain Semantic Connection (Mta)
Raʔivavae Hore To peel, strip off (as skin); bald, bare, stripped of the skin (Stn)
Raʔivavae Ho/hore To strip off outer bark (Stn)
Rapa ʔO/ʔore To strip bark (Sks)
Rarotongan ʔO/ʔore Peel, skin, flay (Bse)
Tikopia Fole Peel, strip off (as bark, skin) Phonologically Irregular (Fth)
Tongan Au/foe To peel off (Bkr)
Tongan ʔAu/foe Disease that causes skin to peel off (Cwd)
Tuamotu Ho/hore/ Strip v (Stn)
Tuvalu Fole/fole Peel, strip bark, pull skin off (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Hele/na Peel or scrape breadfruit Phonologically Irregular (Grn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Hele/hele Peeling or scratching Phonologically Irregular (Grn)

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