Protoform: KAU.4 [PN] Stalk, stem, handle
| Description: | Stalk, stem, handle |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> NP *tuu-kau "handle, haft" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Kau | Stem, shaft, body | (Fbg) |
| Anuta | Kau nima | Arm (everything from wrist to shoulder) | (Fbg) |
| Anuta | Kau vae | Leg (from ankle to hip) | (Fbg) |
| Anuta | Kau/pa | Leaf petiole | (Fbg) |
| Anuta | Kau rararo | Boom supporting bottom of pandanus leaf sail | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Kau | Manche, poignée, tige, branche, pénis | (Mfr) |
| Easter Island | Kau | Tallo, vástago | (Cnt) |
| Emae | Kau | Manche (de hache), manche de la pagaie | (Rve) |
| Hawaiian | ʔAu | Handle, staff, stem, stalk, shaft; bone of lower arm or leg | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | Gau | Handle, shaft | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | ʔAu | Stalk of flower, handle of tool | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | ʔAu laveŋa | Fish hook, 1'6" long Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Smd) |
| Marquesas | Kou, ʔou. Koʔu (Lch). | Manche d'outil | (Dln) |
| Moriori | Kau | Handle | (Dtn) |
| New Zealand Maori | Kau | Stalk, stem | (Wms) |
| Niue | Kau | Handle, stick | (McE) |
| Nuguria | Kau/tarina | Ear lobe | (Pkn) |
| Nuguria | Kau | Handles (of anything) | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Gau lama | Rachis of coconut leaf | (Crl) |
| Nukuoro | Gau | Handle; appendage | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | Kau | Stalk | (Mta) |
| Pukapuka | Kau/aa | Stalk or petiole of plant | (Bge) |
| Rennellese | Kau | Handle, as of knife, axe, paddle, wood section; long end of various things (fish, tubers, *ghape* vine) | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Kau | Stalk, stem Borrowed | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | ʔAu | Stalk; shaft, axle; handle; weapons | (Mnr) |
| Sikaiana | Kau | The top part of the frame of a fishing net (kautoko) | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Kau- | Stalk, stem, solid handle of an object, branch of a tree, underground runner of certain plants (e.g. yam, banana). Sticks of fish net (kupena) (Hwd). | (Mle) |
| Takuu | Kau | Umbilical cord; loop of fishing line tied to the base of a tuna fishing pole to which the hooks of the several fishing lines are attached when not in use | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Kau | Stalk, stem supporting a bunch of fruit, e.g. bananas; handle of implement | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Kau | Stalk, handle | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Kau | Stalk, stem, handle of oar, bat etc. | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Cow | Stalk, stem | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Kau | Stalk, stem, midrib of a leaf; a handle (in compound words) | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Kau | Handle; stalk | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kau | Handle of an axe, a kettle, etc. Bamboo shaft of kupega net; main handle of helve for tupaa (adze); bamboo. | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Na/kau | Leaf-stem | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Kau | Handle, stem, protuberance | (Dty) |
| West Uvea | Kau | Tige, pétiole | (Hmn) |
| West Uvea | Kau toki | Axe-handle and assimilable uses | (Hmn) |
| West Uvea | Kau/i | Ridge of nose | (Hmn) |
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