Protoform: GATU.1 [PN] Barkcloth that has been used
| Description: | Barkcloth that has been used |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Gatu | Espece d'etoffe faite avec l'ecorce de l'arbuste appele hiapo | (Rch) |
| Fijian | Gatu | Native cloth when it is in wide pieces | (Cpl) |
| Niue | Gatu | Old garment | (Sph) |
| Niue | Gatu-hiapo | Worn out barkcloth | (Sph) |
| Pukapuka | Nga/ngatu/ | Weak, feeble with age | (Bge) |
| Samoan | Gatugatu | Barkcloth | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Gatu | Old siapo used as rags in sickness | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | A/ati | The name of a strong variety of native cloth made of the bark of the bread-fruit tree Phonologically Irregular | (Dvs) |
| Tikopia | Ngatu | Used, worn | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Gatu | Be old (of clothes, mats, &c.) | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Ngatu | Barkcloth | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Gnatoo | The substance used for clothing, prepared from the bark of the Chinese paper mulberry tree, and imprinted | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | ŋatu | Stained, worn out, thread-bare (as old cloths) | (Stn) |
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