Protoform: PIKI.1A [MP] Grip, cling to, stick to
| Description: | Grip, cling to, stick to |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. NP *piki-piki "curly (hair)" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Pi/piki. Piki/piki (Fbg). | Sticky | (Yen) |
| Anuta | Paka/pi/piki | To attach, to stick together; stuck on, attached, lumped together | (Fbg) |
| Anuta | Piki | Stick sap (as that of breadfruit, Calophyllum and *mami* tree); glue; plastic, object made of plastic | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Piki | Stick to, cling to | (Bgs) |
| East Futuna | Pipiki | Sticky | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | Piki | Qui adhere | (Btn) |
| Easter Island | Piki | To contaminate, to infect, to pass on (a disease); contagiar, contaminar; contagiarse Problematic | (Fts) |
| Kapingamarangi | Bigi | Paste v, stickiness, sticky | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Piʔi | Grab, grasp | (Smd) |
| Mangaia | Pi(ki)piki | Cling to, hold fast | (Chn) |
| Marquesas | Piki, piʔi | Grimper, s'attacher à | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Pi/piki/ʔeʔe (MQN) | Lutter, struggle. Se battre corps à corps, se donner des coups (Dln). | (Chf) |
| Marquesas | Pe/pígge/éi | A private combat; to fight together | (Crk) |
| Niuafoʔou | Pi/piki | Adhere | (Tmo) |
| Niue | Piki | Adhere to, touch (lightly or accidentally), brush against | (Sph) |
| Niue | Pi/piki | To be close | (Sph) |
| Nukumanu | Haka/piki | Arrest (pass. hakapiki ria); hand over | (Trt) |
| Nukuoro | Bigi/bigi/a | Covered with something sticky | (Crl) |
| Nukuoro | Bigi | Caught between two other things | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Piki | Cling to, stick to | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Piki | To join, in weaving | (Mta) |
| Pukapuka | Pi/piki/ | Stick; close together | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Piki | Clamber, swarm, cling on; mount (a female); lay hands on something and retain it | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Piki/piki | Nestle up | (Ebt) |
| Rennellese | Pipiki | Keep, retain, hold, save | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Piki | Break (of a wave) Problematic | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Piʔi | Stick, adhere to | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Piki | To roll together something using the fingers [exs cigarette, braided cord] Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | P/piki | Grip, clutch, cling to, hold on to, grab; (of two or more people) be holding hands | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Piki | Stick, adhere to | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Piki | Hold on tight while climbing | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Piki | Hold on, cling to, take hold of | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Bigi. Bigi-bigi. | To cement; to stick; to adhere. Adhesive, sizy, to stick. | (Mar) |
| Tongan | Piki/piki | Gathered up, puckered (e.g. of a garment badly mended or a wound badly healed, leaving an ugly scar) | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Pi/piki/ | Cling to, clutch with fingers | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Pi/piki/ | Adhesive | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Piki/a | Hold, carry, arrange, catch; take care of | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Phiki | Hold, pick [exx. shake hands, fold hands, hold, be rich]; take place | (Hvn) |
| West Uvea | Piki | Collé | (Hmn) |
| West Uvea | Piki/piki | Qui colle | (Hmn) |
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