Protoform: PUKU.1A [MP] Protuberance, lump, joint, knot
| Description: | Protuberance, lump, joint, knot |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> XO *puku-lima "elbow", CE *koo-puku |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Puku | Protuberance | (Fbg) |
| Easter Island | Puku | Knot; hillock. | (Chl) |
| Fijian | Buku | Humped, knotted; hip | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Puʔu | Protuberance, lump, swelling | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Puku | Knotty (as wood) | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Bugu | Joints of fingers and toes | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Puʔu | Protuberance | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Saa/puʔu | Simple knot | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Hai/puu vae | Swollen ankle and heel | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Pu/puʔu | Taro Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Puku | Tumeur, protubérance; noeud dans le bois; inégalité dans le terrain; être gonflé. Bosse (du front); lump, bump (Atl). | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Puʔu/puʔu | Acné Borrowed | (Chf) |
| Marquesas | Puku (MQN), puʔu (MQS) | Fruit; noyau de certains fruits; bourgeon, bouton; bosse, protubérance; tumeur, furoncle; pilule. Tumeur, eminence, noeud dans le bois (Dln). | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Puʔo | Jointure; rotule Phonologically Irregular | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Puku/puku (MQN), puʔu/puʔu (MQS) | Noueux, musclé, muscular [Southeast Marquesan Dialect]. Grumeleux (chaux de corail); lumpy (coral lime). | (Chf) |
| Marquesas | Puku/puku ʔakau (MQN) | (Bois) noueux; (wood) gnarled [? knotty] | (Chf) |
| Marquesas | Toó/puku, toó/puú | Furoncle, clou, bouton, tumeur | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Bugo | Any small globular substance (except beads) | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | Pu gu | Pimple | (Rbs) |
| Marquesas | Puo | Symphyse, jointure, articulation, noeud (bambou, canne à sucre, etc.) Phonologically Irregular | (Dln) |
| Moriori | Puku | Swelling, knob, bump | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Puku | Swelling; stomach | (Wms) |
| Penrhyn | Puku | Swelling, tumour | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | Puku/puku | Muscles | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Puku/puku | Round | (Bge) |
| Raʔivavae | Piʔu | Lump | (Zpn) |
| Rapa | Puku | Excrescence. | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | Puku | Protuberance, lump, swelling | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Puku | Knot, as in a tree | (Ebt) |
| Sikaiana | Puku | Mound; fat of a turtle; stump of a tree branch. | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Puʔu | Bosse, enflure, protubérance | (Lmt) |
| Tahitian | Puʔu/puʔu | Pustule, bouton; pustuleux, boutonneux | (Lmt) |
| Tahitian | Puu/puu | Rough, uneven, irregular; also agitated, as the sea | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Puku | General term for a group, clump or division | (Mle) |
| Takuu | Puku/puku | Bump, swelling, knot (in wood) or any other rounded protuberance | (Mle) |
| Tokelau | Puku | To swallow something that is too large | (Sma) |
| Tuamotu | Puku | Protuberance, lump, swelling | (Stn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Puku | Knot; blister | (Hvn) |
| Waya | Buku | Knob, node, knot | (Ply) |
| West Futuna | M/puku (ANI) | Ball | (Cpl) |
| West Futuna | Puku | Short thing, protuberance | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Puku/puku | Short parts of sugarcane between joints | (Cpl) |
| West Futuna | Puku/toro | A piece of sugarcane | (Cpl) |
| West Futuna | Puku/xtoe | Long parts of sugarcane between joints | (Cpl) |
| West Uvea | Puku | Espace entre deux noeuds de bambou/canne à sucre; intervalle entre deux choses; un peu de | (Hmn) |
45 entries found
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