Protoform: FUFU.2 [AN] Strip off
| Description: | Strip off |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to AN: Austronesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *futi.1 "pluck (hair, feathers), pull up (weeds)", SO *ufu.1 "masturbate" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Ufu | Masturbate Problematic | (Mfr) |
| Easter Island | Huhu | Strip; graze surface | (Chl) |
| Mangareva | ʔUʔu | Brosse; brosser, épousseter; ramasser du bois Borrowed Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Uʔu | Cueillir (se dit des grains et des fruits dont on ne brise pas la tige); se procurer quelque chose Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Huhu | Strip off, as leaves (I) | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Huhu | Strip off outer covering | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Para/huhu | Strip off, as the cuticle from the fibre of flax; scutch; push up a sleeve or garment on the arm without rolling it | (Wms) |
| Niue | Fufu | Strip off (as leaves, bark, etc) | (McE) |
| Niue | Fu/fufu/ | Strip (fiber) off plant | (Sph) |
| Rarotongan | Pere/ʔuu | Run or strip sthg through the hand or fingers, as in squeezing water from a lock of hair, or unrolling sleeves quickly and carelessly | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Huhu | Scold, rant, damage, ransack, have sex relations etc. Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Huhu | Pull up, out Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Fufu | Onanism | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Huhu/para | Shorn of its leaves, as a deciduous tree...; to cleanse a new born infant | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Para/huhu | To draw a thing between the thumb and finger, as the Tahitians do in emptying the intestines of pigs | (Dvs) |
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