Protoform: SUKI.A [MP] Pierce, prick, puncture, stab; sharp-pointed implement
| Description: | Pierce, prick, puncture, stab; sharp-pointed implement |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *3 PEO *suki "pierce" (Gty. 1983). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Uki. U/uki (Fbg). | Thrust. Thrust, as in attempting to stab someone or something. Problematic | (Yen) |
| Anuta | Tu/tuki | To dig a hole in the ground Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Fbg) |
| Anuta | Tuuki | To stab | (Fbg) |
| Bugotu | Suki | Pierce, impale, prick | (Ivs) |
| East Futuna | Suki | Pierce, stick into (as hypodermic needle) | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | Huki | Pierce, spit | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | Huki | Barreno de mano usado para escarbar la tierra y sacar tubérculos; clavar. Hand-drill used to root out bulbs; to nail. Palo puesto en la popa para colgar la red (*huki kupe9a*); fierro puntiagudo qu sirve para escarbar la tierra (Egt). | (Fts) |
| Emae | Suki/a | Stab | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Cuki/ta | Loosen ground with a stick | (Cpl) |
| Ifira-Mele | Suki/a | Pierce, stab | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Hugi | Make a small hole in something | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Suʔi | Pierce coconut for drinking | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | ʔUki | Prick, pierce, stab. Enfoncer un petit bois; percer (éclair); décrocher quelque chose à l'aide d'une perche; faire allusion aux défauts d'autrui | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Hiuki | To make a small hole in a coconut in order to drink it | (Krk) |
| Marquesas | Huki | Morceau de bois pointu pour percer les poulpes. Petits bâtons qui affermissent le faîte de la case; bois pointu dont on se sert pour la pêche | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Huki/taʔa (MQN), huʔi/taʔa (MQS) | Drageon, jet des plantes | (Lch) |
| New Zealand Maori | Huki-a | Transfix, spit; avenge death | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Huki/huki | Roast on a spit | (Wms) |
| Nggela | Suki | To prick; to lance a boil, vaccinate, inject, bleed; to sew; to plug a small hole | (Ray) |
| Nguna | Suki | Pierce | (Stz) |
| Niue | Huki | Pierce, inject, prick, fork (v); cob (of corn), spike (of wheat). | (Sph) |
| Nukuoro | Sugi | Pierce (slightly), stab (lightly), lance (e.g. boil) | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | Yuki | Pierce, stab | (Sby) |
| Pukapuka | Yuki/yuki | Pry out, pick out, push out; sharp pointed stick used to poke in rock crevices when groping for fish | (Bge) |
| Raʔivavae | Huʔi | To prick, perforate or transfix with a pointed instrument; ?? to twitch, hiccough, throb | (Stn) |
| Rarotongan | ʔUki | Twitch, spasm | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Suki | Pierce, puncture, sting; plant (seeds or cuttings)... | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Suki | Cut, gouge out, dig | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Suʔi | To thread on a string, as beads; to twist sugar cane leaf onto a reed, as in making thatch; to do needlework | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Suʔi | The stem of a cocoa-nut leaflet used as a fork | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Suʔi | To thread on a string, as beads; to twist sugar-cane leaf on to a reed, as in making thatch; to do needlework Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Suki | Pierce, cut open | (Dnr) |
| Sikaiana | Suki/suki | To peck, as chickens do; to eat, as insects do | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Hui | To pierce, lance, or prick | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Suki | Insert pointed object into something: impale, pierce (esp. a coconut for drinking), prod for sea worms using a pointed stick, caulk a canoe by pushing koka fibres into joints; tuck in the loose folds of a laplap | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Suki | Stick in, penetrate, pierce | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Huki | Pierce, inject, probe; stick used for piercing or probing (e.g. for turtle eggs); sticks which pierce through the ridge thatching to hold roof thatching in place; syringe | (Sma) |
| Tokelau | Hu/huki | Thrust (something into something) | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Huuki/a | Pricked | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Huki | Pierce, spit | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Huki | Pierce; test ground for turtle eggs with a stick; poke a stick through mats to hold them on ridge of house; sticks so used which go crosswise above *taualuga* and below *tilofa* | (Rby) |
| Tuvalu | Suki | Horn, incisor, canine tooth | (Jsn) |
| Tuvalu | S/suki | To stab; give an injection | (Jsn) |
| Tuvalu | Ma/suki/suki | To pain, ache; to have stabbing pains; (of cold) biting | (Jsn) |
| Tuvalu | S/sui | To sew Borrowed | (Jsn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Uki/a | Pierce, make a hole in | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Suki | To stab Phonologically Irregular | (Lch) |
| West Futuna | Suki/a | Pierce, stab, sew | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Su/suki (WFU), sug/sugi (ANI) | Comb for hair | (Cpl) |
| West Futuna | Suk nifo | Se curer les dents | (Rve) |
| West Uvea | Suki-a | Percer; poignarder, piquer [Heo Dialect] | (Hmn) |
| West Uvea | Fe/suki | (objet) Piquant (p.ex.: cactus) | (Hmn) |
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