Protoform: MAQI-KUKU [NP] Nail (of finger or toe), claw, hoof: *ma(q)i-kuku

Description: Nail (of finger or toe), claw, hoof: *ma(q)i-kuku
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. NP *mati-kuku
*4 POC *kuku "nail (of hand or foot), claw" (LPO IV:278).
*5 PMP *kuSkuS "claw, finger, toenail".
*5 PMP *kuku` "klaue, nail an fingern und zehen" (Dpf.).
*7 PBN *ghughu "claw" (Lvy. 1979).
*8 The prefixes *mati- and *maqi- may be different reductions of original **mata-qi-. (Compare NP *maqi-kao, *mati-kao "finger, toe".) Many languages have both variants, and while some give slightly different glosses, no consistent semantic distinction can be reconstructed.

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Maikuku Griffes d'animaux, des oiseaux (Gzl)
Easter Island Maʔikuku Casco, pezuna, una. Fingernail, claw (Wbr). (Fts)
Easter Island Maikuku Una, pezuna (Egt)
Hawaiian Maaiʔuʔu Toe or finger nail; hoof; claw (Pki)
Luangiua Moeʔʔuu, moiʔʔuu Fingernail (Smd)
Mangaia Maikuku Nail (anatomical) (Sta)
Mangareva Maikuku, maekuku Claw, talon. Ongle. (Rch)
Marquesas Maikuku (MQN), maiʔuʔu (MQS). Maʔikuku (MQN, Hiva Oa) (Atl). Ongle, griffe, nail (Lch)
Marquesas Maikuku (NKH, Ua Huka), maʔikuku (Ua Pou), maiʔuʔu (Hiva Oa) (Oiseau) serre; (bird) claw (Chf)
Marquesas Migúku A nail of the finger or toe; claw of beasts or birds (Crk)
Moriori Maikuku Finger nail (Shd)
New Zealand Maori Maikuku Nail, of finger or toe; claw, hoof (Wms)
Nuguria Moikuku (Finger- or toe-)nail (of human beings), claw (of bird) (Dvl)
Nuguria Mai-kuku Finger nail (Pkn)
Penrhyn Maikuku Nail (anatomical) (Sta)
Pukapuka Mai(ti)kuku Fingernail, toenail (Sby)
Rapa Maikuku Nails of fingers or toes (Sks)
Rapa Maikuku Nails Phonologically Irregular (Grn)
Rarotongan Maikuku Nail, claw, hoof (Bse)
Samoan Maiʔuʔu Fingernail (while actually growing) (Prt)
Tahitian Maiʔuʔu Ongle, griffe (Lmt)
Takuu Makkuu Fingernail, toenail; claw of a cat Phonologically Irregular (Mle)
Tuamotu Maikuku Fingernail, hoof (Stn)

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