Protoform: QAU.2 [PN] To clear land, remove unwanted material, take away
| Description: | To clear land, remove unwanted material, take away |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> NP *qau-tala "remove spines or twigs", *qau-talu "weed, clear land of weeds" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Island | ʔAu/ʔau | Scratch Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Fts) |
| Easter Island | ʔA/ʔau | Take out a double handful, pick up in both hands | (Fts) |
| Hawaiian | Au | To weed; rub, massage, polish | (Pki) |
| Luangiua | ʔAu | Gutting fish | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | ʔAu/iho | Take away | (Hbn) |
| Mangareva | Au | Enlever des graines de leur cosse | (Rch) |
| Niue | A/au | To clear away. Clear away big branches when preparing a plantation (McE). | (Sph) |
| Niue | Au | To strain (refers to straining floury substances, to stop larger particles getting through a sieve) | (Sph) |
| Nukuoro | Aau | Remove | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Au/au | To pick, pinch | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | Au/tua | To remove, sever | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Au/yulu | To prune | (Sby) |
| Rennellese | ʔAu/ʔau | To pick out, as bones from fish, seeds from a papaya, or mucus from the nose; strip off, as old stems from taro | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Au | To carry away, as the stones of a wall . Carry (in the hand) | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Au/au | Pick (by hand) | (Prt) |
| Takuu | Au | Remove something by cutting it away: remove unwanted matter; clean or clear up a place | (Mle) |
| Tongan | ʔAu- | Remove unwanted portion of something -- strip, scale, husk, etc. (in compounds) | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | ʔAu/hani | To prune | (Cwd) |
| Waya | (Y)au/ti- | Transport a load of something, carry a number of things from one place to another | (Ply) |
| West Futuna | Aioa | To gather, collect, bring together; to scatter; destroy | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | K/au-a | To remove the bark of a tree | (Cpl) |
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