Protoform: KOPE [NP] Wrap up; bundle; goods, possessions
| Description: | Wrap up; bundle; goods, possessions |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian | ʔOpe | Bundle, package; to tie in a bundle | (Pki) |
| New Zealand Maori | Kope | Wrap up, as food in leaves for cooking; soft mosses used as wrappers or absorbents... | (Wms) |
| Rarotongan | Kope/kope | Gifts brought to a mourning | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Kope | Objects slept on, esp. baghu mats, tapa, sheets, pillow | (Ebt) |
| Tahitian | Ope | To go and collect, bring all to one place | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Ope/ope | Carcases, property and things of all descriptions, which in the rage of war had been thrown into the rivers, then carried to the sea and afterwards thrown on shore again | (Dvs) |
| Tikopia | Kope/kope/nga | Goods, valuables | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Kope | Equipment, gear | (Sma) |
| Tuvalu | Kope | Luggage, impedimenta; gear, equipment (always plural) | (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | Kope/kope/nga | A lot of luggage, many possessions | (Jsn) |
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