Protoform: PAATEE.1 [NP] Slit-gong; make resonant percussive sound (as e.g. a bell)

Description: Slit-gong; make resonant percussive sound (as e.g. a bell)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. CE *tee "emit a sharp, resonant sound (as e.g. a bell)"

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Hawaiian Pakee Brittle, weak Problematic (Pki)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Pate (Gong) sound, strike (gong) (Krk)
New Zealand Maori Paatee A tree from which pop-guns are made Problematic (Bgs)
Penrhyn Paatee Slit drum, slit gong; to beat (Sta)
Pukapuka Paatee Gong (Bge)
Rarotongan Paatee-ʔa, ʔia Slit gong; beat rhythmically; pulse n.; ring a bell (Bse)
Samoan Paatee A small wooden drum carried on the arm. Introduced from Tahiti Problematic (Prt)
Tahitian Paatee Sonner, tinter (Lmt)
Tokelau Paatee Small, wooden drum; beat a drum (Sma)
Tuamotu Paatee Cause to emit clinking, metallic, tapping sound; ring (as bell) (Stn)
West Uvea Paate Tambour (Hmn)

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