Protoform: GETI.1 [SO] Remove with teeth

Description: Remove with teeth
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to SO: Samoic-Outlier Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *qeti

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Gegeti Enlever avec les dents (l'écorce de canne à sucre) (Mfr)
East Futuna Geti/geti Enlever doucement avec les dents (l'écorce de canne sucre) (Mfr)
East Uvea Gegesi Eplucher avec les dents (Rch)
Sikaiana K/keti To remove the husk of a coconut with the teeth, as a rat or small child does Problematic (Dnr)
West Futuna Geji/geji Custom during circumcision when required that one not touch food but eat by holding food in something such as a leaf Problematic (Dty)

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