Protoform: KAU-TAA [PN] Small wooden implement, probably drum-stick
| Description: | Small wooden implement, probably drum-stick |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 << PN *kau 'wood', ?*taa 'strike' |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Kaʔutaa | Gourdin pour sonner la cloche en bois Phonologically Irregular | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Kautaa | Maillet, bâtonnet pour jouer du tamtam | (Rch) |
| Hawaiian | ʔAukaa | Wood woven through sticks in 'ie kala fish trap; long stems, as of some species of mangoes; bar, as of soap or gold; ridge or strip between the flutes of a column; facet, fillet, capstain bar, bar across a roadway; stump | (Pki) |
| Mangaia | Kautaa | Stiff Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Kautaa | Wooden beater for a gong | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Kautaa | Netting-needle, mesh-gauge, shuttle | (Bse) |
| Samoan | ʔAutaa | Bell-clapper; gong-stick | (Mnr) |
| Tahitian | Auta | A needle used in thatching; the act of cutting the body of an enemy; the act of supercission (not circumcision, as it has been wrongly called) | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | ʔAutaa | Coin de bois qui sert à la circoncision | (Lmt) |
| Tikopia | Kautaa | Beating stick for sounding board... | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Kautaa | Drum stick; gong stick; bell clapper | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Kautaa | Drum-stick; either or both of two large curved pieces of timber contituting the main framework at the end of a Tongan house | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Kautaa | A small flat wooden implement which is slipped under the prepuce in the superincision operation | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Kautaa | Sticks used to beat a tin during a fatele | (Jsn) |
14 entries found
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