Protoform: SISI.3 [CP] Scoop out, gouge out (as meat from coconut)
| Description: | Scoop out, gouge out (as meat from coconut) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CP: Central Pacific |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *isi "peel off, strip, split" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Tiiti | To scoop out meat from *niu mata* | (Fbg) |
| East Uvea | Hihi | Découper en tranches horizontales; détacher la noix de coco | (Btn) |
| Emae | Sisi | Gouge out coconut meat | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Cici | Separate coconut pulp with knife-point | (Cpl) |
| Luangiua | Si | Coconut meat | (Hbn) |
| Luangiua | Ka/sisi | Peel off | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Si/sisi uŋu | Dive for clams | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Maka/sii | Scoop, stir | (Smd) |
| Niue | Hihi | Scoop something out (of a container); cut out, scoop out (copra from shell) | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Hihi | Shell meat, lips of clamshells | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Sisi | Cut copra | (Crl) |
| Rennellese | Sisi | To slice; as meat, papayas, bread; to flay, as human skin to get bones...; to pry off, as bark with a stick; to snap off; twist and chop off, as meat from bones | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Sisi | Peel or strip off | (Cwd) |
| Sikaiana | Sisi | To cut out of a shell or a hard surface with a knife (e.g. shellfish, copra) | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Ssii | Scoop out the flesh of coconuts, clams, etc. | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Sisi | Scrape out coconut flesh through the eyes to make a water-bottle | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Hihi | Coconut meat scraper; to scrape with such | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Hihi | Scoop out, gouge out; open with a knife and gouge out the flesh | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Koo/hihi | To tear, strip off, as sections of a coconut husk with the hand | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Sisi | To cut with a knife; to cut the coconut flesh from the shell | (Rby) |
| West Futuna | Si/a | Outil pour enlever le coprah Phonologically Irregular | (Rve) |
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