Protoform: SEPE [SO] Cut, trim (with knife)
| Description: | Cut, trim (with knife) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to SO: Samoic-Outlier Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Tepe | To skin something with a knife | (Fbg) |
| Luangiua | Sepe/sepe | Chop off (branch); peel | (Smd) |
| Nukumanu | S/sepe | Cut off (body part) | (Trt) |
| Rennellese | Sepe | To cut or trim, as a small stick or vine | (Ebt) |
| Sikaiana | S/sepe | To cut thinly to make something even, as when joining two pieces of wood or cutting a shoot of a coconut tree to collect coconut sap | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | S/sepe | Cut or sever (as with a machete) | (Mle) |
| Takuu | Sepe/sepe | Decapitate | (Hwd) |
| Tikopia | Sepe | Cut, sever, slice (as with knife) | (Fth) |
| Tuvalu | Sepe | To cut with a bush knife | (Jsn) |
9 entries found
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