Protoform: KAU-NATU [PN] Fire-plough
| Description: | Fire-plough |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PPN *kau.3 "wood", PCE *kau-nati |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Kaunatu | Petit morceau de bois on se sert pour frotter un autre afin de produire de feu | (Gzl) |
| East Futuna | Kaunato | Bois que l'on frottait pour faire du feu | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Kaunatu | Petit morceau de bois dur; avec le kaunatu on frotte un autre moceau de bois, appelé tologa, | (Rch) |
| Emae | Kaunatu | Fire-plough | (Cpl) |
| Samoan | Natu | Pointed stick (rubbed to and fro on a piece of soft wood to make fire by the 'fire-plough' method) | (Mnr) |
| Tikopia | Kaunatu | Fire-stick | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Kaunatu | The rubbing stick of which the point is rubbed...against another piece of wood to start fire | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Kaunatu | Stick rubbed hard on a log (tologa) in making fire by friction | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Cownatoo | The stick which is forcibly rubbed on a flat piece of dry wood to procure fire | (Mar) |
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