Protoform: QAFII [PN] Wrap up a parcel; a parcel of food

Description: Wrap up a parcel; a parcel of food
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *fii-fii "wrap up", *qafi 'carry under arm'

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Easter Island Haʔii Bundle, pack, package, parcel; to bind, to pack, to wrap Phonologically Irregular (Fts)
Emae Afii Bundle, package (Cpl)
Emae Afi/na Ficeller coquillage dans feuille coc pour cuire (Rve)
Kapingamarangi Hii Package; to wrap (Lbr)
Niue Afii Parcel, cover; to wrap, to cover (Sph)
Nuguria Afii Bekleiden, einwickeln (Ths)
Nukuoro Ahi/ malo Mat wrapping for clothes (Crl)
Penrhyn Aahii To wear clothes Problematic (Sta)
Pukapuka Awii Wrap food with leaf covering (Sby)
Rennellese ʔAhii Package of baked or boiled greens or fish (Ebt)
Samoan Afii Bundle of fish, prawns, parcel (Prt)
Sikaiana Ahii Wrap, parcel (Dnr)
Tahitian Afi/fi A bundle of bread-fruit or cocoanuts tied together (Dvs)
Takuu Ahii Wrap a seafood parcel (prior to placing it in an earth oven)... (Mle)
Tikopia Afii Leaf container for food, bent over and tied (Fth)
Tokelau Afii Parcel (of food) (Sma)
Tongan ʔEfi/nanga Large bundle of mats wrapped in a mat or in tapa cloth (Cwd)
Tongan Efi/naga Enveloppe d'un fruit (Btn)
Tuvalu Afii Wrap a parcel (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Ahii A parcel (Hvn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Ahi/hi/na Wrap, wrap in parcels, pack (Hvn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Hi/na Pack in parcels (used about food wrapped in leaves to be baked in the oven) (Hvn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Kau/hii Vine, rope (Hvn)
West Uvea Afii, afi ina Enveloppe; envelopper (Hmn)

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