Protoform: LAGA.1C [PN] Cultivate soil with a digging-stick (Rby)
| Description: | Cultivate soil with a digging-stick (Rby) |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Ranga(i) | To pull something out of the ground | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Laga | Soulever la terre par le moyen d'un pieu | (Gzl) |
| East Uvea | Laga/ te maʔala | Creuser la terre pour planter les ignames | (Rch) |
| Niue | Laga/laga | To lever up carefully (refers to harvesting of yams or taro with a digging stick) | (Sph) |
| Rennellese | Ganga | Dig with a digging-stick | (Ebt) |
| Tikopia | Ranga | Break up ground with a wooden digging-stick | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Langa | Make into a garden, plant, replant (of soil,land, place | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Langa | To make a pole used to break the ground for planting yams | (Mar) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Langa/langa | Husk (vt) | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Langa | Take up with a digging stick | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Ko/raŋa | A large crowbar | (Cpl) |
| West Futuna | Raŋ/raŋa (ANI) | To dig with poles | (Cpl) |
| West Futuna | Ranga/ranga | Briser le sol avec pieu | (Rve) |
| West Uvea | Langa/a | Déraciner (avec pieu) | (Hmn) |
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