Protoform: PUUTIKI [CE] Tie up the hair; top-knot

Description: Tie up the hair; top-knot
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. CE *tiki.3 'tie, bind', *puu.5 'head of octopus', *puu.6 'bunch, bundle, tuft, clump', PN *putu-ki 'bring together'

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Mangareva Puutuki Emmêlement des cheveux Phonologically Irregular (Rch)
Marquesas Putuki, putuʔi Touffe de cheveux que les femmes portent sur le côté ou sur le derrière de la tête; noeud qui attache ces cheveux Phonologically Irregular (Dln)
Marquesas Putuki, putike (Fatu Hiva). Putuki ouoho. Chignon Phonologically Irregular (Chf)
Marquesas Butúge A club of hair, or knob (Crk)
New Zealand Maori Puutiki Tie together, knot together; knot; a method of dressing the hair in a knob on the top of the head, adopted by chiefs (Wms)
Rarotongan Puutiki Tie the hair up in a knot, topknot (traditionally of men's hair) (Bse)
Tahitian Putii To put the hair in tresses; hair tied in one or two bunches on the head (Dvs)
Tuamotu Puutiki A tress, plait, top-knot of hair; to do up the hair in bunches, tufts, or knots (Stn)

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