Protoform: KUPETI [PN] Stencil used to mark motifs on tapa cloth
| Description: | Stencil used to mark motifs on tapa cloth |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Kupeti | Matrice pour designer les motifs sur siapo | (Mfr) |
| Samoan | ʔUpeti | Tablet used for rubbing designs on bark cloth | (Prt) |
| Tongan | Kupesi | Stencil-like contrivance used in making patterns on tapa cloth | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Cobechi | The leaves of the paoanga, dried and embroidered with the fibres of the cocoa-nut husk, so as to form an instrument for imprinting gnatoo | (Mar) |
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