Protoform: PEI [NP] Small fruit; game played with these
| Description: | Small fruit; game played with these |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mangaia | Pei | Green candlenut fruit divided into halves; toss or fumble something on one's palm (as in playing dib-stones) | (Sta) |
| Mangareva | Pei | Faire sauter sur les mains des petites boules ou des fruits pour s'amuser | (Rch) |
| Penrhyn | Pei | The youngest maturation stage of coconut. Fertilized female flower of coconut (Bck). | (Sta) |
| Rarotongan | Pei | A coconut at the youngest stage of its development | (Bse) |
| Samoan | Pei | Crack (nuts) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Mnr) |
| Tahitian | Pei | The name of an amusement in which stones, or limes, are thrown and caught. Jongler (Lmt). | (Dvs) |
| Tokelau | Pei | Stunted coconut; stunted pandanus fruit | (Sma) |
| Tuamotu | Pei | To juggle, toss; juggling balls | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Pei | To tell the future from cards or by other means of divination Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Jsn) |
| Tuvalu | P/pei | To throw | (Jsn) |
| Tuvalu | Pei | Break a vessel (e.g. coconut, head, canoe, cup) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rby) |
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