Protoform: KINI.1 [OC] Nip, pinch
| Description: | Nip, pinch |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic |
| Notes: | *4 POC *kinit "pinch off with fingers, nip with fingernails" (LPO I:280). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Kini | Punish, beat | (Bgs) |
| Fijian | Kini | Pinch with the nails | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | ʔIni/ki | Nip, pinch | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | Gini/dia | To sting | (Lbr) |
| Kapingamarangi | Kini | Pick or snip flowers with fingers | (Lbr) |
| Lau | Gini/gini | To pinch off with the nails | (Ivs) |
| Lau | ʔIni(ʔini) | Pinch, pinch off, pick | (Ivs) |
| Luangiua | ʔIŋi | Pinch | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | ʔIŋi/ʔiŋi | Mosquito bite | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Iŋi/iŋi | Anopheles mosquito | (Hbn) |
| Luangiua | Iŋi | Burn (vi) | (Hbn) |
| Marquesas | Kikini | Want to urinate | (Dln) |
| Moriori | Kini | Nip | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Kini | Nip, pinch | (Wms) |
| Nuguria | K/kini (sing. ob.), kini/kini (pl. ob.) | Pinch | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Gini | Pinch off | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Ki/kini | Pinch | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Ki/kini | To pinch with the fingers | (Mta) |
| Rapa | Kini(kini) | To pinch | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | Kini | Pinch, squeeze together | (Bse) |
| Rotuman | ʔIni | Pinch (off) | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | ʔIni | Pinch, nip , pinch with nails | (Prt) |
| Takuu | K/kini | Sting, pinch, bite (of insect), secure something with a knot | (Mle) |
| Tokelau | Kini | Thrash, beat | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Kini | Make an incision in so as to let blood Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Cwd) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kini/sia | Pinch | (Ray) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Khini | To smart (vi); black ant | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kini/hia | Collect leaves for the oven | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | H/kini | Painful, prickly | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Ko/gin/gini (ANI) | Prickly heat | (Cpl) |
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