Protoform: PA-FURE [TA] Abraded, skinned

Description: Abraded, skinned
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to TA: Tahitic
Notes:

*0 << PN *fule.a "peel, strip"
*1 Cf. PCE *pa-fore "skinned", SO *ma-fule
*8 EAS treated as borrowing because *pa- + base forms seem to be PCE innovations.

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Easter Island Pahure Bruise, contusion, graze on horse's back, injury, wound Problematic (Fts)
New Zealand Maori Pahure Pass by, escape Problematic (Wms)
Tahitian Pahure Écorché, s'écorcher; chauve (Lmt)
Tuamotu Pahure Broken, abraded (as the skin) (Stn)

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