Protoform: SIKO.A [MP] Catch (with hands, esp. in the air); juggle

Description: Catch (with hands, esp. in the air); juggle
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *hiko-fi 'oven tongs'
*4 POC *sikop 'catch with hands' (LPO VI:229).
*5 PMP *cikep "catch with the hands" (Bst.1980).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Uvea Hiko te tunu Ôter du feu ce que l'on y a fait cuire (Rch)
East Uvea Hiko Jeter en l'air et retenir de la main gauche (Btn)
Easter Island Hiko To snitch, snatch away, pilfer (Kvt)
Easter Island Hiko/hiko Arrebatar, rapinar; rapina. To rob several persons, to snatch; rapine, robber (Fts)
Emae Siko/fia Catch in midair (Cpl)
Fijian Ciqo-ma Catch, lay hold on, chiefly of things thrown (Cpl)
Ifira-Mele Siko-fia Catch in the hands (Clk)
Kapingamarangi Higa To catch in the air (Lbr)
Luangiua Siʔo Catch, lay hold of (Smd)
Mangareva ʔIko Enlever (Jnu)
Mangareva Ko/ʔiko Petit poche mise au bout d'une perche pour cueillir des fruits; cueillir des fruits de cette manière (Rch)
Marquesas Ko/hiko Petit filet (Dln)
Marquesas Hiko Oter, enlever, arracher, prendre de force; ravir, dérober, priver de; extraire (Lch)
Marquesas Pa/héko A small hand net to take up fish (Crk)
Marquesas Pa/hiko (MQN), pa/fiʔo (MQS) Petit filet au bout d'une perche, pour cueillir les fruits, ou prendre des poissons. Pêcher (à l'épuisette); to fish with a dipnet (filet pour attraper le poisson-volant; net to catch flying-fish) (Atl). Problematic (Dln)
New Zealand Maori Hiko Snatch (Wms)
Nuguria Siho Fangen (Ths)
Nuguria Hiko Grab, get (Dvl)
Nukuoro Sigo Catch (e.g. a ball) (Crl)
Nukuoro Sigo/sigo Juggle (Crl)
Pukapuka Liko Take, grasp, seize Phonologically Irregular (Bge)
Rennellese Siko Catch (as a ball); wave, toss, throw (Ebt)
Rennellese Siko/siko To juggle (Ebt)
Rotuman Hiko Juggle, catch balls Problematic (Cwd)
Samoan Siʔo To surround Uncertain Semantic Connection (Prt)
Samoan Si/siʔo To circumvent Uncertain Semantic Connection (Prt)
Sikaiana Siko-hia, -lia To catch a ball (Dnr)
Takuu Siko-hia Catch (e.g. ball) (Mle)
Tikopia Siko Catch (mod.) (Fth)
Tokelau Hiko Surround, encircle Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sma)
Tongan Hiko Juggle (Cwd)
Tuamotu Ko/hiko A small scoop net, with a handle, for fishing (Stn)
Tuvalu Siko, hiko To peck, of birds (Jsn)
Tuvalu Hiko Catch a thrown object; juggle; lift cooked food from fire or oven with a stick (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Iko/hia Catch (Hvn)
West Futuna Siko/fia Catch (Dty)
West Uvea Siko (ina) Bâton pour reprendre le filet jeté; reprendre le filet Borrowed (Hmn)

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