Protoform: KANU [FJ] Pattern, design (e.g. on pottery, tapa, tattooing)(Clk)
| Description: | Pattern, design (e.g. on pottery, tapa, tattooing)(Clk) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to FJ: Fijic |
| Notes: | *2 PFJ *kanu `design (e.g. on pottery)'. |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emae | Kanukanu | Colourful | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Kanu | Marking on pottery, whether raised or incised | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Kanu/kanu | Resembling the markings, intricate | (Cpl) |
| Ifira-Mele | Kanu/kanu | Mottled; design on potsherds; to write | (Clk) |
| Luangiua | ʔAŋu | Leg tattoo (women) | (Smd) |
| Nuguria | Kanu | Design, pattern; colour; characters, letters; colourful (vi) | (Dvl) |
| Rennellese | Kanu | To be patterned, as with tattoo; to write draw, design, tattoo | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Manu | Pattern, design Problematic | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Ma/manu | Decorated, painted Problematic | (Prt) |
| Takuu | Kanu | Design or pattern with which something is covered, as a fish, turtle, tattoo | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Kanu | Put a mark on to identify | (Fth) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kanu/kanu/ia | Decorate with painting | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kenu/kenu/a | Paint (usually with custom powder or charcoal) Phonologically Irregular | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kanu/i | Decoration, pattern | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | H/kanu | Ring, stripe; striped, ringed, coloured, patterned, marked | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Xkan/kanu (WFU), kan/kanu (ANI) | Spotted | (Cpl) |
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