Protoform: KOO-FITI.1 [CE] Pluck out

Description: Pluck out
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian
Notes:

*0 << PN *fiti.1a "fillip, flick with finger, spring up, jerk round".

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Hawaiian ʔOohiki To probe, pry, pick out (Pki)
Mangareva Koʔiiti Prendre de la nourriture d'un trou; transporter des comestibles d'un endroit à un autre; manière de pêcher (Rch)
New Zealand Maori Koowhiti Pull up, or out; spring up or out; twitch, start (Wms)
Rarotongan Kooʔiti Pluck out ; gouge out (Mka)
Tahitian ʔOohiti Pincer, cueillir (en pinçant entre deux doigts) (Lmt)
Tuamotu Koohiti To pick-, pluck-, pull out (Stn)

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