Protoform: FUA.1B [MP] Carry on shoulder

Description: Carry on shoulder
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian
Notes:

*4 POC *puat "lift, carry, bring; emerge, appear, begin; take a spouse" (ACD); 'carry, transport from place to place; carry on shoulder' (LPO V:434).
*5 PMP *buhat "to lift, stand up, arise, emerge, begin, depart, carry; cargo; take something; take a wife" (ACD).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Uvea Fua Porter sur les epaules (Rch)
Niue Fua Carry on shoulders (Sph)
Rarotongan ʔUa Top of shoulder Problematic (Bse)
Tongan Fua Carry on shoulder, lift (Cwd)
Tongan Fue/sia Carry, bear the burden of, esp figuratively (Cwd)
Tongan Fooa To carry a parcel, or burden (Mar)
Tupuaki E ua Shoulder (Grn)
West Uvea Hua Porte sur Problematic (Hmn)

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