Protoform: POQOI [CP] Pounded starchy food together with a sauce or gravy
| Description: | Pounded starchy food together with a sauce or gravy |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CP: Central Pacific |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *poo-poo "knead, pat, make into a ball" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Poʔoi | Remains of soup with vegetables | (Mfr) |
| Fijian | Bokoi | A pudding | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Poi | Cooked taro corms or breadfruit, pounded and thinned with water | (Ebt) |
| Luangiua | Poi | Paste made from dried fruit | (Hbn) |
| Mangareva | Popoi | Bouillie épaisse de la pâte des fruits à pain (nourriture fondamentale du pays). The food of the natives; a paste made of maa, kneaded and cooked (Tgr). | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Po/poi | Nourriture de fruit à pain fermenté, battu, cuit, etc.; mou. Pâte à base de bananes, fruits à pain ou taro; taro, breadfruit or banana dough (Atl). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Po/póe | Paste, or pudding, especially made with the fermented breadfruit | (Crk) |
| New Zealand Maori | Paoi | Pound, mash | (Wms) |
| Penrhyn | Poey | Scraped coconut | (Lmt) |
| Penrhyn | Poi | Mashed dish (of breadfruit) | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Poi | Taro pudding prepared for babies, the aged and sick people | (Mta) |
| Rapa | Po/poi | A stiff paste of pounded cooked taro... | (MCl) |
| Rarotongan | Poi | Mashed banana, taro, etc., pudding | (Bse) |
| Rotuman | Poʔoi | Fruit salad Problematic | (Cwd) |
| Tahitian | Poo/poi/ | Pâte à base de bananes, fruit à pain ou taro | (Lmt) |
| Tokelau | Poi | Mixture of flour and grated coconut | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Poʔoi | Fermented taro and Cordyline root juice | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Bo/bói, bói | A preparation of food | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Po/poi/ | Fermented breadfruit paste | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Pooi | Mixture of coconut meat, milk and toddy with vegetable | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tu/poe | Dried breadfruit, cut in small pieces, may be stored for a long time and is considered both a delicious food and an important food supply when there is little to eat | (Hvn) |
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