Protoform: KETU.1 [FJ] Turn over, lift up, root up, rummage
Description: | Turn over, lift up, root up, rummage |
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Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to FJ: Fijic |
Notes: | *1 Cf. PPN *kenu “disturb earth (esp. with foot); dig” |
Pollex entries:
Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
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Easter Island | Ketu | Lift up, erect, exalt; rise | (Fts) |
Fijian | Keti | Excavate earth with all five fingers | (Cpl) |
Luangiua | Ku/kuʔe | Turn canoe over Problematic | (Smd) |
Mangaia | Ketu | Root up (as a pig) | (Chn) |
Mangareva | Ketu | Look for. Chercher, faire des recherches | (Rch) |
Marquesas | Ketu | Prise up, root, as a pig (I). Levier, enlever, arracher, soulever, extraire avec un levier; repousser à la main, jeter au loin (Lch). | (Dln) |
Marquesas | Ma/ketu | Lever d'un bout; balancer; sauter de branche en branche | (Lch) |
Marquesas | Pa/ketu | Lever avec un levier; jeter | (Lch) |
Marquesas | Aitú | To excavate with a sudden motion, as in carving, or taking hot coals out of the pit with a stick | (Crk) |
New Zealand Maori | Ketu | Remove earth with blunt instrument | (Wms) |
Niue | Ketu | To push something aside; comb (hair) | (Sph) |
Niue | Ketu/ketu | Wooden comb | (Sph) |
Niue | Ketu/ketu | To paddle swiftly Uncertain Semantic Connection | (McE) |
Penrhyn | Ketu | Root up the ground (of pigs) | (Sta) |
Pukapuka | Ketuketu | Scratch ground (as a hen) | (Mta) |
Rarotongan | Ketu | Turn over ground (of pigs) | (Bse) |
Rotuman | Kesu | Scratch in earth (of fowls) Problematic | (Cwd) |
Tahitian | ʔEtu | Fouir la terre (se dit des cochons) | (Lmt) |
Tuamotu | Ketu | Root (as a hog) etc. | (Stn) |
Waya | Aa/qetu | Ransack, rummage through things | (Ply) |
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