Protoform: KOTO.2 [OC] Break off, pluck (as leaves)

Description: Break off, pluck (as leaves)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic
Notes:

*4 POC *koto.2 "cut or break off, of foliage, hair etc." (Ply. 1976).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Koto Couper à la main les feuilles de taro ou de "kape"; détacher une feuille de sa tige (Mfr)
East Uvea Koto Rompre avec la main des feuilles de talo etc. (Btn)
Niue Koto To cut hurriedly or carelessly Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sph)
Pukapuka Koto Pick, pluck (flowers, leaves) (Bge)
Rennellese Koto Break off (Ebt)
Samoan ʔOto Pluck, pick (of leaf) (Prt)
Tikopia Koto Pinch off, pick, pluck (Fth)
Tokelau Ko/koto (pl. (ta)koto) Cut (with implement); bite through (with teeth) Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sma)
West Uvea Koto-fia Cueillir/arracher de jeunes pousses (Hmn)

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