Protoform: RUTU [EP] Hit, beat, attack

Description: Hit, beat, attack
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to EP: East Polynesian
Notes:

*0 >> CE *poo-rutu

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Easter Island Rutu To throw many stones at the same time (Fts)
Hawaiian Luku To massacre, destroy, slaughter, lay waste... (Pki)
Luangiua Luki Make noise with shells to attract fish Problematic (Smd)
Mangareva Rutu Frapper des pieds ou des mains un corps; heurter contre; battre au tambour (Rch)
Mangareva Rotu To beat a drum. Battre le tambour (Rch). Phonologically Irregular (Tgr)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Rutu To hit, beat (drum). To strike, to beat (Sve). (Krk)
Marquesas Utu Assaillir, attaquer par surprise (Lch)
Marquesas ʔUtu Battre le tambour, la caisse, bourdonner. (Dln)
Marquesas Utu, pouʔhu Drummer (Rbs)
New Zealand Maori Rutu Dash down, fell, overcome; jolt, jerk, clash (Wms)
Penrhyn Rutu To beat (ex. drum) (Sta)
Pukapuka Lutu To beat the shark-skin drum (Sby)
Pukapuka Lu/lutu To rain heavily (Sby)
Rarotongan Rutu Beat, hit, strike, thrash (Bse)
Tahitian Rutu Battre le tambour; frapper (un animal, une personne...) (Lmt)
Tuamotu Rutu To beat, strike with a rigid stick...as a drum (but not a child) (Stn)

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