Protoform: PUKE.1A [FJ] Mound of earth, heap

Description: Mound of earth, heap
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to FJ: Fijic
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *ta-puke 'yam mound'
*4 POC *(p,b)uk(i,e) "mound up earth for yams"; *ta-(p,b)uk(i.e) "yam mound" (LPO I:133).
*5 PMP *bukid "erdhaufen" (Dpf. 1938).
*6 PAN *bukij "mountain; forested inland mountain areas" (ACD).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Puke Mound, name of mountain on Futuna (Mfr)
East Uvea Puke Mound for planting tubers (Rch)
Easter Island Puke Heap of earth (Fts)
Fijian Buke/buke Mound of earth on which yams are planted (Cpl)
Hawaiian Puʔe Mound, hill, heap (Pki)
Luangiua Puʔe Mound; crab hole (Smd)
Mangareva Puke Tas; entasser. A heap, a pile; to pile up, heap up; to amass, assemble, bring together (Tgr). (Rch)
Marquesas Puke (MQN), puʔe (MQS) Mound, heap. Tas, monceau, amas. (Lch)
Marquesas Haʔa/puke(puke) (Ua Pou haka-) Entasser; cram, heap (v) (Chf)
Marquesas Puke (MQN), ha/puʔe (Fatu Hiva) Troupeau, herd (Chf)
Marquesas Booʔga Collection, heap (Rbs)
New Zealand Maori Puke Mound, hill; mons veneris (Bgs)
Niuafoʔou Puke ʔufi Sweet potato mound (Gry)
Niue Faka/puke/ Heap up (McE)
Nukuoro Buge Bump on tree trunk (Crl)
Penrhyn Puke Mound, heap; heap up (Sta)
Pukapuka Pukenga Pile, heap (Bge)
Rapa Pukeanga tamariki Family Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sks)
Rapa Pukeanga mokopuna Grandchildren Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sks)
Rarotongan Puke Mound, heap (Bse)
Rennellese Puke Hill, as for tubers (Ebt)
Samoan Puʔe Mound (Prt)
Tahitian Puʔe Etre accumulé, être en tas (Lmt)
Takuu Puke Membrane of sand which the puiari and uu crabs make to cover the entrance to their holes (Mle)
Tikopia Puke Hillock, especially in cultivation (Fth)
Tongan Puke Mound (Cwd)
Tongan Booge The little hillock or mound in which a yam is planted (Mar)
Tuamotu Puke Mound, heap up (Stn)
Waya Buke Mound, hillock (naturally formed) (Ply)
West Futuna (H)puke Mound; to swell, begin to form mounds, as of wave on beach (Dty)
West Futuna Puke/puke Having irregular surface, covered with moguls or ridges; rough, bumpy (Dty)

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