Protoform: FUKE.A [MP] Open up (especially an earth oven), uncover

Description: Open up (especially an earth oven), uncover
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian
Notes:

*0 >> PN *ma-fuke
*1 Cf. PN *suke “open up by removing a cover”
*4 POC *puke(s) "uncover, open (stone oven, probably other things as well)" (LPO I:148).
*5 PMP *buka "to open, uncover, expose" (ACD).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Fuke Uncover, as an earth-oven (Bgs)
East Uvea Fu/fuke Uncover (I) (Rch)
Emae Fuke/a Open oven, hands (Cpl)
Fijian Vuke Uncover (Cpl)
Hawaiian Huʔe Uncover, expose, open an oven (Pki)
Ifira-Mele Fuke/sia Uncover earth oven, open laplap (Clk)
Kapingamarangi Huge Open, as earth oven (Lbr)
Mangaia ʔUke (pass. ʔukea) Open up, uncover (Sta)
Mangareva ʔUke Couvrir légèrement (se dit d'une légère couche de terre qu'on met sur un four indigène déjà couvert) Uncertain Semantic Connection (Rch)
Mangareva ʔU/ʔuke Vapeur sortant d'une marmite, d'un four indigène (Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Huke Take something out of the oven (Bck)
Marquesas Huke Excavate, hollow out. Creuser une pirogue en polissant; fouiller la terre (Lch). (Dln)
New Zealand Maori Huke Uncover (especially an earth oven) (Wms)
Nggela Vuke Pull apart; open a book; open eyes or mouth (Fox)
Nguna Vuke Uncover (Stz)
Niue Fuke Uncover, open (McE)
Nuguria Huke Open up, uncover an earth oven (vt) (Dvl)
Nukuoro Huge. Hue (Crn). Open (Crl)
Penrhyn Huke Uncover, excavate, hollow out (Sta)
Pukapuka Wu/wuke/ To open out (Bge)
Rarotongan ʔUke Open up, as an earthen oven, uncover (Mka)
Rennellese Huke Open v, as an oven (Ebt)
Rennellese Hu/huke/ Untie or loosen; undress, take off, pull out; unfurl, as sails (Ebt)
Rotuman Huʔe Uncover (Cwd)
Saʔa Huʔe Uncover (Ivs)
Samoan Fuʔe Uncover (Prt)
Sikaiana Huke Open up (Dnr)
Tahitian Huʔe Uncover an earth oven (Xxx) (???)
Tikopia Fuke Uncover, open up (Fth)
Tokelau Fuke Lift cover and collect food from an earth-oven (Sma)
Tongan Fuke Uncover (Cwd)
Tuamotu Huke Expose by uncovering, dig up, excavate (Stn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Huke(a) Open the earth oven to take out the food (Hvn)
West Futuna Fuke To take cooked food out of a pot, or to remove the cooking stones from cooked food in an earthen oven; to uncover cooked food, especially puri cooked in an earth oven (Dty)
West Futuna Fuke (ANI) Cooked (Cpl)
West Uvea Fuke-a Ouvrir, découvrir, mettre à découvert (Hmn)

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