Protoform: NUTI [XW] Squeeze, crush in hand, rub between hands
| Description: | Squeeze, crush in hand, rub between hands |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to XW: West Polynesia (TON,NIU,EUV,EFU,SAM,TOK,TUV,NFO) |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Nuki | Frotter à la main (linge); frotter avec de la bourre de coco le coco râpé pour le rendre plus fin et plus juteux Phonologically Irregular | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Nusi, nunusi, nusinusi | Frotter, broyer entre ses mains, écraser entre les doigts; saupoudrer, semer | (Rch) |
| East Uvea | Nuki(nuki) | Frotter entre ses doigts, broyer avec les mains Phonologically Irregular | (Rch) |
| Samoan | Nuti | To crush in the hand, to break in pieces | (Prt) |
| Tokelau | Nuti | Crush, smash, break; (of heart) be broken; hand-wash (clothes) | (Sma) |
| Tokelau | Nu/nuti | Screw up, crumple (paper etc.) | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Nusi | To rub (clothes) with hands in washing; to crush or crumple together in the hand; to crush and rub between hands (esp. medicinal leaves) | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Nuti/nuti | Prepare a banana leaf for wreath-making by rubbing between hands until soft; rub and squeeze clothes under water | (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | N/nuti | To squeeze, as in washing clothes by hand | (Jsn) |
| Tuvalu | Nuti momomo | To break into small pieces, smash up, squeeze into small fragments | (Jsn) |
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