Protoform: PUKU.2 [PN] Short; compact, rounded; hunch, curl up (body or part): *puku(puku)
| Description: | Short; compact, rounded; hunch, curl up (body or part): *puku(puku) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *puku.1a |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Pukupuku | Short, small | (Rch) |
| Hawaiian | Pu/puʔu | To double up, draw the limbs together; foetal position | (Pki) |
| Marquesas | Faka/sah/puku | To lie curled up as though sitting on your side; to lie in fetal position; to lie with legs pulled up under you | (Dty) |
| Marquesas | Puku/puku (MQN), puʔu/puʔu (MQS) | Gonflé, boursouflé, gros | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Tua puku, tua puʔu | Bosse sur le dos, derrière bossu | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Tu a boo | Hump back'd | (Rbs) |
| Niuatoputapu | Puku | Short | (Dye) |
| Niue | Puku/puku | Medium-sized. Small (McE). | (Sph) |
| Niue | Pu/puku | To curl up (vi) | (Sph) |
| Niue | Puku | To coil (vt) (obj. pandanus, a loose and temporary method) | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Puku/puku | Short | (Ray) |
| Nuguria | Haka/puku | Clench a fist | (Dvl) |
| Penrhyn | Puku rima | Clenched fist | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Pu/puku | Small, rounded (of people) | (Sby) |
| Rennellese | Puku(puku) | To be short | (Ebt) |
| Rennellese | Puku te tuʔa | To be hunchbacked | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Puʔu | A fowl having short legs | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Puʔu/puʔu | Short | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Puku | A hunchback's hump Problematic | (Dnr) |
| Sikaiana | Puku/puku | Round | (Dnr) |
| Tikopia | Pukupuku | Compact; small, yet heavy; rounded | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Puku/puku | Short | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Pukupuku | Short, in height | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Boogoo-boogoo | Squab; short and thick | (Mar) |
| Tuvalu | Pukupuku | Spheroid (like a puku [mouthful] prepared for eating; short and fat (of people) | (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | P/puku | To be fat | (Jsn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | (A)ka/puku | Squat, kneel | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Mdei/puku/puku | Arrow of wood to shoot birds with | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Puku (pl. h/puku) | To sit | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | (H)puku | Round (two or three dimensional form without sharp edges or straight sides) | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Fa/sa/puku/a | Fermer le poing | (Rve) |
31 entries found
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