Protoform: LAPU [MP] Knead to a pulp

Description: Knead to a pulp
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *palu.2 "knead, mix"
*4 POC *rapu(t) "hit with hand or stick, slash" (LPO I:269).
*5 PMP *ra(m)buk "knock, pound, beat" (ACD).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Easter Island Rapo Clay ; pumice Problematic (Chl)
Easter Island Rapu Work, workman; till the soil, to hoe . Limpar un terreno de pasto Problematic (Chl)
Luangiua Lapu Knead, mix to pulp (Smd)
Mangareva Rapu Knead. Pétrir; broyer, piller; frapper à coups répétés, tuer (Rch)
New Zealand Maori Rapu Squeeze (in working food to a pulp) (Wms)
Nukuoro Labu Knead (Crl)
Penrhyn Rapu Knead, mix, massage (Sta)
Rapa ʔAka/rapu To mix (MCl)
Rarotongan Rapu Knead, mix to a pulp (Bse)
Tahitian Rapu Etre mélangé, être délayé (terre) (Lmt)
Tahitian Rapu Earth or dirt; to stir or mix together; to be in confusion (Dvs)
Takuu Lapu, rapu Dig, break up soil in a garden (Mle)
Tuamotu Rapu Knead, mix to a pulp (Stn)

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