Protoform: PENU.A [OC] Trash, especially refuse of coconut or pandanus fruit
| Description: | Trash, especially refuse of coconut or pandanus fruit |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic |
| Notes: | *4 POC *benu "coconut husk" (ACD). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Penu | Coconut scrapings, rubbish | (Yen) |
| Anuta | (Nga) penu | Rubbish | (Fbg) |
| Anuta | Penu/toki | Clamshell Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Penu | Rubbish, trash; female sex organ | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Penu | Petit morceau d'une matière pressée ou machée | (Rch) |
| Emae | Penu/penu | Rubbish | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Benu | Refuse from food | (Cpl) |
| Ifira-Mele | Penu | Dust, rubbish | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Binu | Pandanus variety (Pandanus tectorius) Phonologically Irregular | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Peŋu | Shell of clam | (Smd) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Penu | Part of pandanus fruit | (Bck) |
| New Zealand Maori | Penu | Smear Problematic | (Wms) |
| Nuguria | Penu | Clam shell | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Penu | Chaff | (Trt) |
| Nukuoro | Benu | Pandanus key after being chewed | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Penu | Pandanus drupe. Hard outer ends of pandanus fruit (discarded) (Bck). | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Penu | Pandanus seed | (Mta) |
| Pukapuka | Penu/penu | Paraphernalia, objects, possessions | (Bge) |
| Rapa | Penu | Large bundle of food, either whole or mashed; package with ti leaves or grass | (Sks) |
| Rennellese | Penu | Rubbish, trash, crumbs | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Penu | Grated coconut, shreds of grated Bischofia bark | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Penu | Shell of a shellfish; shell of fruit or nut; cover, wrapping, envelope; penu hale 'empty house' | (Dnr) |
| Sikaiana | Penu/penu | Brideprice payment [gift exchange between families] Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Penu | Any empty container: clam shell, egg shell, box, bottle, peel of banana or other fruit, shell of crustacean...; pulp or residue of pandanus, sugar cane, etc. | (Mle) |
| Takuu | Penu/penu | Last and largest payment of bridewealth... Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Penu/penu | Integument, outer covering of an object; shell, husk rind etc.; body in contrast to soul | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Penu | Grated coconut (from which the cream has been extracted); butt remaining of a chewed pandanus fruit; term used of the growing seedlings of pandanus whose leaves are used for mat-weaving | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Penu | Pulp or residue after straining out juice or oil | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Penu | Pound, crush, mash Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Penu | Coconut meat trash or chewed Pandanus keys | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Penu | Shell trash. Things; remains, left-overs (Hvn). | (Grn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Penu i paua | Clam shell | (Hvn) |
| Waya | Benu | Rubbish, refuse, debris (from Std Fijian); garb of a widow in mourning, traditionally consisting of old rags... | (Ply) |
| West Futuna | Penu | Rubbish, filth. Miettes (Rve). | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Pen/penu | Umbilical cord on newborn | (Dty) |
| West Uvea | Peu/nga | Mâchure (de canne à sucre, de bourre à coco sucrée, etc.) Phonologically Irregular | (Hmn) |
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