Protoform: LAGI-A [PN] Heat over fire to smoke, grill, roast (of food) or render supple (of leaves): *la(a)gi-a
| Description: | Heat over fire to smoke, grill, roast (of food) or render supple (of leaves): *la(a)gi-a |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *rara.1 |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emae | Raagia | Pass briefly through the fire (to soften leaves or straighten wood) | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Laania | Warm, toast or wilt over a fire, as young pandanus leaves | (Pki) |
| Hawaiian | ʔOo/lani | Toast over a fire, broil, warm in sunlight | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Raagia | Toast, warm up cooked food | (Clk) |
| New Zealand Maori | Raa-ngia | Passive of rara | (Bgs) |
| New Zealand Maori | Rangirangi | Roast, scorch, dry at a fire | (Wms) |
| Niue | Lagi | To heat something over a fire; to smoke (food) | (Sph) |
| Niue | Lagi/lagi | To warm something or someone or oneself at a fire; to heat (e.g. coconut cream) | (Sph) |
| Nukuoro | Laangia | Heat up on an open flame, as in shaping wood | (Crl) |
| Samoan | La/lagi | Place (esp.) banana or breadfruit leaves on hot stones to make them more supple (and therefore easier to use as wrapping material) | (Mnr) |
| Samoan | La/lagi | To broil (used before chiefs for tunu) | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Laagi/lagi | Warm anything at the fire | (Prt) |
| Tokelau | La/lagi | (Of pandanus leaves) sear on a fire in preparation for drying and weaving. Cook by roasting over a fire (esp. fish, crabs, birds) | (Sma) |
| Tokelau | Lagi/lagi | (Of pigs and sharks) sear and scorch lightly in preparation for easy cleaning of the skin). Warm over fire (one's hands or feet) | (Sma) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Langia | Heat something over fire to keep it preserved or to make it soft to be formed | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Rangi-a | Put a thing on the fire to cook. Assouplir feuilles au feu (Rve). | (Dty) |
| West Uvea | Laangia | Gril, fumoir; griller, fumer (poisson); sécher (poisson) [Heo Dialect]; passer (la feuille) au feu pour l'assouplir [Heo Dialect] | (Hmn) |
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