Protoform: PORO.2 [EP] Blunt or truncated end or piece; in words for elbow, heel and other body parts

Description: Blunt or truncated end or piece; in words for elbow, heel and other body parts
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to EP: East Polynesian
Notes:

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Easter Island Poro/poro Blunt, due to many indentations (Fts)
Hawaiian Polo Large, thick, plump Uncertain Semantic Connection (Pki)
Manihiki-Rakahanga (Haka)poro Rear canoe in fishing (Bck)
Marquesas Poʔo Morceau, bout, partie, portion; os arrondi pour servir de décor. Part, portion [Southeast Marquesan Dialect], morceau, piece (Atl). (Dln)
Marquesas Poʔo mokuku (MQN), poʔo monunu (MQS), poʔo kouvae (NKH) Pomme d'Adam, Adam's apple (Chf)
Marquesas Po A piece of wood for firing (Crk)
Marquesas Attahi po te One root of te (Crk)
Marquesas Bo oe too Back (Rbs)
Marquesas Poó/nanaá, poó/ivitua Epine dorsale, vertèbres (Dln)
New Zealand Maori Poro Butt end, termination; piece of anything cut or broken off short; cut short, finished, broken off (Wms)
Penrhyn Poro Protuberance (Sta)
Penrhyn Poro rima Elbow (Sta)
Rarotongan Poro Heel, kneecap, elbow; heel of axe; head of hammer or nail (Bse)
Tahitian Poro The heel, or elbow; the handle of a tool, such as a knife or chisel; the end of a ridge pole (Dvs)
Tuamotu Poro The rounded end of a house; a corner; the butt, end of a stick; the fleshy pad on the bottom of the heel of the foot; elbow; the buttocks; bend, curve (Stn)

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