Protoform: PUSI.1 [MP] To blow (with the mouth); expel, spit out; spout (as a whale); smoke (tobacco); shoot (with gun)
| Description: | To blow (with the mouth); expel, spit out; spout (as a whale); smoke (tobacco); shoot (with gun) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *3 PEO *pus(i,u) (Gty. 1983). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Pu/pui | Blow. For a person to blow on something (Fbg). | (Yen) |
| East Futuna | Pu/pusi | Blow (as a wind instrument) | (Mfr) |
| East Futuna | Pusi/pusi | Fumer (pour un cigare en feuille de bananier) | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Pu/puhi | Souffler | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | Puhi | Blow. Whistle; flute (Wbr). | (Fts) |
| Easter Island | Puhi-puhi | Pipe | (Wbr) |
| Easter Island | Pu/puhi | Shoot (v) | (Wbr) |
| Emae | Pusi/a | Spew, blow out, spit out | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Puhi-a | Blow, puff; burn, set on fire; extract (as water from stream), brew, distil | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Pusi/a | Squirt | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Bui | Spit, spit out Phonologically Irregular | (Lbr) |
| Kapingamarangi | Puhi/u | Breathe deeply, exhale | (Ebt) |
| Lau | Pusi | Semen | (Fox) |
| Lau | Pusu | Flow out, burst out; puff, explode | (Fox) |
| Mangareva | Puʔi | Souffler. Fumer (tabac, cigarette) (Rch). | (Jnu) |
| Mangareva | Pu/puʔi | Tirer un coup; fusil, canon | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Pu/puhi | To blow | (Krk) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Puhi/puhi | To blow (with breath) | (Sve) |
| Marquesas | Puhi | Blow. Souffler avec la bouche sur...; fusil, fusiller... | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Puhhe-nou-tí | Sea salt | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | Puhi/nau | Sel; brouillard salin sur le rivage de la mer | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Pu/púhhe | To swell, to break out, to befoul oneself | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | Pu/puhi | Bouillir, être en ébullition; fermenter; jaillir, se répandre, sortir, couler, éjaculer; crever, se percer (en parlant d'un abcès, d'une tumeur) | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Puhe coutie | Salt (not used by the Indians) | (Rbs) |
| Moriori | Puhi | Blow | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Pu/puhi, puuhi/a | Blow (as the wind, a whale); shoot (as a gun) | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Puu | Generic term for flutes and trumpets; gun | (Bgs) |
| New Zealand Maori | Puhi | Wind | (Wms) |
| Niuafoʔou | Pu/puhi | To blow (of wind) | (Gry) |
| Niue | Puhi | Blow [ex. blow out candle]; spurt out [as waves from blowhole]; blowhole (of whale) | (Sph) |
| Niue | Puhi/i | Blowhole (of sea) | (Sph) |
| Nukuoro | Busi | Blow with mouth | (Crl) |
| Nukuoro | Puhi | To blow a trumpet | (Crn) |
| Penrhyn | Pu/pusi | Blow, exhale; splash, spray; smoke; blowpipe | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | Pusi(pusi) | To smoke | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | Pu/puhi | Shoot, gun Problematic | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Pui | Blow, spit s.th. out of mouth cf. puyi | (Sby) |
| Pukapuka | Pu/puyi | Blow | (Mta) |
| Rapa | Puhi/puhi | To smoke | (Grn) |
| Rarotongan | Puʔi, puuʔi/a | Blow | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Pusi | Blow, as flute or the wind | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Pusi | Burst, splash | (Cwd) |
| Tahitian | Puhi | Souffler, sauf pour le vent | (Lmt) |
| Tahitian | Puhi/puhi | Souffler, sauf pour le vent; fumer | (Lmt) |
| Tahitian | Pu/puhi | Fusil; tirer un coup de fusil; souffler | (Lmt) |
| Tikopia | Pusi | Spit, squirt, spray from the mouth | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Puhi | Blow out (a light), puff, smoke (cigarette) | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Puhiʔi | To blow | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Puhi | Blow energetically (with the mouth); spout (of a whale); puff, puff at; to issue forcibly through a mouth or opening | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Boohi | To blow any thing out of the mouth with force; also the name of the party that distribute the bait for rats, which is done by blowing it forcibly out of their mouths | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Puhi | Blow | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Puhi | Blow with mouth | (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | P/pusi | To smoke; to breathe out, exhale | (Jsn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Phui/a | Spit (with mouth full of something, e.g. betelnut, water, etc.) | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Pusi-a | To spit, blow out, spatter, spout (as a whale); to kill through sorcery or by spitting at someone. | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | X/pusi | To spout (of whale); to rise (of dust). Cracher après avoir bu le kava (Rve). | (Cpl) |
| West Uvea | Pusi-a | Recracher (médicaments qu'il ne faut pas avaler); panser (avec feuilles mâchées ou simples) | (Hmn) |
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