Protoform: KIE.B [PN] Kilt or skirt; mat worn as such
| Description: | Kilt or skirt; mat worn as such |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Kie | Ceremonial pandanus skirt; fine mat | (Yen) |
| East Futuna | Kie | Skirt, lavalava | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | Kie | Tissu fin | (Btn) |
| Mangareva | Kou/kie | Natte très fine de la qualité *pareta'i ioio* | (Rch) |
| Niue | Ie | Cloth, fabric Borrowed | (Sph) |
| Pukapuka | Kie | Specially made mat (sometimes used as sail | (Mta) |
| Pukapuka | Lau/kie | Prepared fibre from "yulu" bush variety of Pandanus, used for making fine mats | (Sby) |
| Samoan | ʔIe | Kilt or skirt | (Prt) |
| Tikopia | Kie | Small decorated mat used as loin garment indances | (Fth) |
| Tikopia | Kie | Waist mat of kilt type, finely plaited from pandanus leaf... | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Kie | Clothes in general; skirt ; apparently (Pandanus spurius) | (Whr) |
| Tokelau | Kie | Garment worn by men and women consisting of a two-metre length of cloth worn on the lower part of the body, in wrap-around fashion; clothes (in general); bed-linen, bed sheet | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Gië | A kind of wearing mat, used chiefly in canoes, as they are not liable to be spoiled by sea-water... | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Kie/kie | Man's waistband of pandanus matting | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Kie | Plaited waist-band; fine mat | (Rby) |
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