Protoform: NAPE.A [NP] Hitch, tuck, catch
| Description: | Hitch, tuck, catch |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. NP *kape.2 'take out, pick out' |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Nape | To trip | (Mfr) |
| Hawaiian | Nape | Bending and swaying, as coconut fronds; surging, as the sea; to rise and fall, as the chest in breathing; yielding, springy Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | Nebe | To tuck in (sarong, string etc) | (Lbr) |
| Kapingamarangi | Nepe | Fastening turn of the outrigger shroud to the middle boom; make a slip knot, slip through; tuck in, as a lavalava | (Ebt) |
| Luangiua | ŋape | Lever | (Smd) |
| Marquesas | Nape | Pull (trigger). Tirer sur la gachette d'une arme à feu (Lch). | (Dln) |
| Moriori | Nape | To tie | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Nape | Weave; jerk; make a false stroke with the paddle; fishing line; ligament of bivalve; tangled | (Wms) |
| Nukuoro | Nape | Hook under waistband | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Nape | Bait-string, tied to the point of a fish-hook | (Bck) |
| Penrhyn | Nape/nga | Knotting | (Bck) |
| Pukapuka | Nape | Prise up, dig up; plaiting stroke | (Sby) |
| Rapa | Nape | To braid | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | Nape | Tie or bind round; hook something towards one | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Nape | To break, as a gentle wave; to be hit, as by a wave; to fold shut, as a net to catch fish | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Nape | Entangled | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Nape | Action of sexual intercourse Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Napenape | Etre actif; mettre en ordre, entretenir en état de marche Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | Nape | Pry out (e.g. copra from its shell) | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Nape | Loose turn of cord or belt | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Nape | Sit cross-legged with feet on thighs; pluck out (eye from eye socket) | (Sma) |
| Tuamotu | Nape | To braid, interlace round and round; to haul, pull in strongly, jerk, yank | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Nape | Hitch up a skirt | (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | Nape/nape | Decorate, dress up, make pretty | (Rby) |
| West Futuna | Faka/nape | To fold (the arms) | (Cpl) |
| West Futuna | Nape-a | To hold a rope, etc., firmly; to constrain a person to stay | (Cpl) |
26 entries found
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