Protoform: SAQALO [EO] Scrape, clean by scraping, rub smooth
| Description: | Scrape, clean by scraping, rub smooth |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to EO: Eastern Oceanic |
| Notes: | *2 PCP *saxalo "scrape (coconut)", PFJ *i/sakalo "cocnut scraper" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Ta/taro | To fan, to brush, to sweep Problematic | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Saʔalo | Smooth and straighten e.g. pandanus leaves | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | Haʔaalo | Racler, polir une feuille de Pandanus pour faire une natte | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | Haʔaro | Peler, descascarar, quitar el hollejo | (Bxn) |
| Emae | Saaro | Scrape pandanus leaves for making mats | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | I/sakaro | Shell used for scraping coconuts | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Halo | Motion of fins or hands in swimming; motion of rubbing; to rub, polish | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Saaro | Tidal wave Problematic | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Haala | To smooth by rubbing or scraping | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Saalo | Disembowel Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | ʔA/ʔaro | Rendre lisse les feuilles de pandanus pour en faire des nattes | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Haro | Scrape (back of pandanus leaf), hollow out canoe hull | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Ha(ha)ʔo | Oter, enlever les piquants des feuilles de pandanus | (Dln) |
| Moriori | Haro | Scrape flax | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Haaro | Remove outer skin of flax leaves by scraping with a shell, to scutch | (Bgs) |
| Niue | Vai /halo/ | A dish of scraped coconut and arrowroot | (McE) |
| Penrhyn | Saaro | Scrape, make smooth | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Yalu | Scrape pandanus leaves with shell to make them smooth Phonologically Irregular | (Mta) |
| Rennellese | Saaʔago | Scrape, as kie leaves with a shell | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Saalo | Rub smooth with scraper | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Saalo | Make the surface smooth, of a canoe; whip with a knife in order to make soft, as in softening pandanus {kie} for weaving; whip, as in whipping a child | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Haro | To smooth back the hair; to pull the raoere or leaves tied together to catch fish | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Saa(o)roo | Scrape something (with a knife, etc.) in order to soften it | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Saaro | Scrape, grate up, scratch, sweep | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Haalo | Wipe in a sweeping movement (e.g. clean one's lips with one's own tongue) | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Haʔalo | Make clean and smooth by scraping | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Haaro | Scrape, clean by scraping; sweeping motion of arms | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Haalo | Flatten and smooth coiled Pandanus strand by running stick along it | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Alo/hia | Scrape | (Hvn) |
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