Protoform: HIKO-FI [MP] Tongs, pincers (Clk)
| Description: | Tongs, pincers (Clk) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *siko "catch, lay hold of", CK *piigofi "tongs" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Hikofi | Prendre avec des pinces . Problematic | (Btn) |
| Mangareva | Inoʔi | Prendre d'une nourriture avec un morceau de bois en guise de fourchette qu'on enfonce pour en prendre davantage Phonologically Irregular | (Rch) |
| Niue | Hiofi, hinofi, piofi, iofi | Tongs; to use tongs to remove something from a fire Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| Nukuoro | Igohi | Fire tongs | (Crl) |
| Samoan | Iʔofi | Tongs | (Prt) |
| Takuu | Ukohi | Wooden tongs for removing hot stones from fire; remove (e.g. hot stones) from fire with tongs | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Uu/kofi | Tongs of bent coconut petiole | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Hikofi | Tongs | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Ikofi | Tongs | (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | Hikofi | Tongs [Nanumea, Nanumanga Dialect] Problematic | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ikofi | Tongs | (Ray) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ikohi | Tongs for the earth oven | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ikohi/a | Take things with tongs, especially used about taking warm stones out of the oven with tongs | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | (I)kofi, koufi | Large wooden tongs for removing stones from oven | (Dty) |
| West Uvea | Ikofi | Pincettes pour le feu... | (Hmn) |
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