Protoform: SELE.2 [EO] Knife; cut
| Description: | Knife; cut |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to EO: Eastern Oceanic |
| Notes: | *0 >> CE *paa-sere "remove skin, pare, peel" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Ere/ mei | A tool for scraping breadfruit | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Sele | Knife, cut | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Hele | Knife, cut | (Rch) |
| Emae | Seere/a | To cut | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | I/sele | Knife | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Sele/-va | Cut | (Cpl) |
| Ifira-Mele | Sere/a | To cut | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Hele | To chop down | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Sele | Cut end off | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | S/sele | Cut top off coconut pod | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Sele/sele | Chop into pieces | (Smd) |
| Marquesas | Pa/heʔe | Inciser, partager, diviser, rompre en plusieurs parties; tailler un habit; couper un animal, le châtrer | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Pa/heʔe/ka (MQN), pa/heʔe/na (MQS) | Limite, boundary mark | (Chf) |
| Marquesas | Nútu pahé | Scissors | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | Parʔhay | To carve, cut up | (Rbs) |
| New Zealand Maori | Here | Bird spear Problematic | (Wms) |
| Niue | Hele | To cut up, castrate; mark bark cloth; reap | (McE) |
| Nuguria | Here | Slice (vt) | (Dvl) |
| Nuguria | Here/here | Cut up, cut into pieces | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Sele | Chop down | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | Yele/wuti | To be speared | (Bge) |
| Rennellese | Sege | Cut, slice, butcher, circumcise | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Sele | Cut across path, intercept | (Cwd) |
| Rotuman | Sere | Circumcise Problematic | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Sele | Knife, cut | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Sele | To cut apart a fish | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Sere | Scatter baitfish among rising tuna (an action performed by the fishing leader) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Mle) |
| Takuu | Se(r)e/sere | Knife | (Mle) |
| Takuu | S/sere | Circumcise, operate on someone | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Sere | Cut, as with sawing motion of a knife | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Hele | Incision, cut; to cut (pl.) | (Sma) |
| Tokelau | He/hele/ | To cut (sg.); incision, cut | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Hele | Cut with a knide; knife | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | He/hele/ | Cut roughly, without due care | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | He/hele. Hele. Ma/hele. | An incision; to cut. To cut, also a knife. A cut, a gash. | (Mar) |
| Tuvalu | Hele | Axe | (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | He/hele/ | Cut off a piece | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ele-a | To get (a) cut; to cut (usually not intentionally) | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Mda/sele | Sharp Phonologically Irregular | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Sere-a | To cut (in a back and forth slicing or sawing motion); to write, to mark. Circumcise (Cpl). | (Dty) |
| West Uvea | Hele | Couteau | (Hmn) |
| West Uvea | (Se)sele | (Chirurgien) faire une opération; couper | (Hmn) |
| West Uvea | (Kofe)sele | Bambou court et épais (vx) | (Hmn) |
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