Protoform: SIKI.2 [PN] Finish the ends or edges of a mat
| Description: | Finish the ends or edges of a mat |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *siki.1 'lift' |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Siki | Façon de tresser les nattes (plus un numéral)... | (Ply) |
| Hawaiian | Hiʔi | A plaiting process (= kuupoki, plaiting process of turning a pandanus leaf back, thereby giving the product a neat edge) | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | Higi | Technique of finishing a mat edge | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | S/siʔi | Beginning and ending of mats - plait | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | ʔIki | Commencer et terminer des nattes | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Hiki | Arrêter la tresse d'une natte, la terminer | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Hiki | The join or seam between two widths of a floor mat | (Aca) |
| Nukuoro | Sigi | A technique of finishing a mat edge | (Crl) |
| Rennellese | Siki | To finish house thatching by cutting extended endings; to make the final side of a mat, or final seam or hem of a dress | (Egt) |
| Samoan | Si/siʔi | To make a fringe | (Rby) |
| Sikaiana | Siki/siki | The method of weaving/plaiting used for the end of a mat (vasa) | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Hii/moea | To finish work | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Siki | Finish the edge (of a mat) in plaiting, by bending back the ends of the strands and plaiting towards the interior | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Siki | Finish, complete (applied to plaiting, netting, etc.) | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Hiki | (in weaving a mat, fan, or hat) The finishing section where the weaving threads are turned back to lock them into place | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Hiki | To edge (a kie) with red feathers or other such decoration | (Cwd) |
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