Protoform: HEI [TA] Caught, entangled (like fish in a net)

Description: Caught, entangled (like fish in a net)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to TA: Tahitic
Notes:

*1 cf. PN *saqi 'tie, bind', EP *sei.1b 'garland'

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Mangareva ʔAka/ʔei Prendre au filet le poisson qui est monté au surface Problematic (Rch)
New Zealand Maori Hei Be bound or entangled; tie round the neck, snare by the neck (Wms)
Raʔivavae Hei To be encircled, caught, enmeshed (as in a net); hooked, as a fish; to encircle; to catch fish (Stn)
Tahitian Hei To entangle and catch fish in a net; to be in a state of entanglement, as fish in a net (Dvs)

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