Protoform: KELI [OC] Dig v

Description: Dig v
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic
Notes:

*1 Cf. *kali.2 "dig by scooping or scraping out"
*4 POC *keli "dig, harvest (tubers)" (LPO I:123)
*8 Note. Dpf. comments on vowel change (Para.152, a,4).
*7 PBN *geli "dig" (Lvy. 1979).
*8 Nominal senses in TON and EFU possibly borrowed from Fijian (Gty).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Keri To dig; to bury (Fbg)
East Futuna Keli Terre arrangée en talus pour barrer le passage ou l'obstruer (Gzl)
East Uvea Keli Dig (Btn)
Easter Island Keri Dig (Fts)
Emae Keri/a To dig (Cpl)
Fijian Keli/a Dig v (Cpl)
Hawaiian ʔEli Dig v (Pki)
Kapingamarangi Geli Dig (soil), dig up (e.g. taro patch); new taro pit (made by a group) (Lbr)
Lau ʔEli Dig (Ivs)
Luangiua ʔEli Dig; va`ehu (taro sp.) garden (Smd)
Mangaia Keri To dig (Chn)
Mangareva Keri Dig. Creuser, approfondir (pour les petites choses) (Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Keri To dig (Krk)
Marquesas Ke(ʔ)i Dig. Piocher, bêcher, creuser, travailler la terre (Dln)
Moriori Keri Dig (Shd)
Mota Gil Dig (Cdn)
New Zealand Maori Keri Dig v (Wms)
Niuafoʔou Keli Dig (Dye)
Niue Keli To dig (Sph)
Nuguria Keri Dig; harvest, reap (yam); (a particular) garden of swamp taro (Dvl)
Nukumanu Keri Garden. Dig (Trt). (Fbg)
Nukuoro Geli. Keni (Crn). Dig v (Crl)
Penrhyn Keri Dig (Sta)
Pukapuka Keli-a To dig (Mta)
Rapa Keri To dig (Sks)
Rarotongan Keri Dig v (Bse)
Rennellese Kegi Dig v, especially tubers (Ebt)
Saʔa ʔEli Dig (Ivs)
Samoan ʔEli Dig v; dig up, harvest; mine (Mnr)
Sikaiana Keli Dig (Dnr)
Takuu Keri Dig, dig for, dig up (Mle)
Tikopia Keri To dig (Fth)
Tokelau Keli Dig, excavate (Sma)
Tongan Keli Dig v (Cwd)
Tongan Gele A dike, a ditch, to dig, to intrench, a bank of earth (Mar)
Tuamotu Keri Dig v (Stn)
Tuvalu Keli Dig (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Keli Dig (Ray)
West Futuna H/keri (trans. keri/a) Dig (Dty)
West Uvea Keli/a Arracher (p.ex., ignames) (Hmn)

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