Protoform: POTU.1 [PN] End, piece, section; end of a village; sleeping area at end of house
| Description: | End, piece, section; end of a village; sleeping area at end of house |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Potu | End ; piece of something; end of an object, side of an object | (Yen) |
| Anuta | Potu/aa | The end of a house | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Potu | End (of house, land) ; bout, extémité; fragment; quartier (village); tranche | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | Potu | Lieu, endroit, point, coté, partie, région | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | Potu | End, tip ; butt, end, extremity, point, piece, stick; children of the youngest brother | (Chl) |
| Emae | Potu | Une partie d'un bout de bois | (Rve) |
| Emae | I/potu/ | Partie de la case où l'on met les objets sacrés | (Rve) |
| Emae | Na/potu/ | Le fin | (Rve) |
| Emae | Potu/potu | Copeau de bois | (Rve) |
| Ifira-Mele | Potu | Sleeping-room | (Clk) |
| Mangareva | Potu | Toit Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rch) |
| New Zealand Maori | Ta/potu/ | Reach the bottom of a hill, etc Problematic | (Wms) |
| Niue | Potu | Traditional floor mat; end, corner; berth, cabin (of passenger ships) | (Sph) |
| Nukuoro | Bodu | Spouse | (Crl) |
| Nukuoro | Bodu/bodu | Particles of rotten wood, thatch | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | Potu | Stone seat of priests in a god house; a simple shrine | (Bge) |
| Rennellese | Potu | Piece, portion, fraction, section, end, room; nearby corner or end, as of a village; people of the village end or nearby village; to become related through marriage to a spouse's relatives | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Potu | The siapo screen from behind which an aitu spoke; the white border of siapo; a room (introduced from Tongan) | (Prt) |
| Takuu | Potu | Section of coconut-frond dragnet which may be opened to insert a mooise net; point at rear of mooise net toward which fish are driven; point on shank of fishook where the curve starts; corner of a house | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Potu | Short section, piece, end; applied to short-handled implements; twig, end of branch, small length of wood | (Fth) |
| Tikopia | Pootu | Village, hamlet (in place names) | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Potu | Section, part, piece; end, end part; room, apartment | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Potu | Place, locality, side, end; privates, private parts | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Botoo | Alongside, near to, the side of any thing (except of man or animal); a part of, a portion, a detachment | (Mar) |
| Tongan | Botoo fonnooa | A district | (Mar) |
| Tongan | Gi-botoo | On one side, towards | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Potu | Ridge covering | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Potu | Piece ; small piece, room | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Potu | Curve or round edge of a reef, the most protruding part of a reef out in the sea | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tuku/potu | Wall, fence, framework of a house, corner; outside [the door] | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Potu | A bed; coconut leaf matting | (Cpl) |
| West Futuna | Potu | A bed; coconut leaf matting | (Dty) |
| West Uvea | Potu | Bout, extrémité; endroit, place; lit; charge, responsabilité | (Hmn) |
| West Uvea | Potu/potu | Extrémités du filet qui entoure les poissons [Heo Dialect]; bout [Muli Dialect] | (Hmn) |
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