Protoform: SULI [MP] A banana or taro shoot
| Description: | A banana or taro shoot |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *huli.2 "shoot of a plant" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Huli | Rejeton de bananier; enfant, progéniture (terme dérisoire). | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | Huri | Banana shoot | (Fts) |
| Fijian | Suli | Banana or taro sucker | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Huli | Taro top (used for planting) | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | ʔUri | Rejeton de bananier | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Po/ʔuri | Petit rejeton d'un bananier (environ 30 cm) | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Huʔi | Rejeton, jet, drageon, plant. Pousse (Lch). | (Dln) |
| Mota | Suliu | Sucker from roots of a plant | (Cdn) |
| New Zealand Maori | Huri | Young shoot, seed | (Wms) |
| Nguna | Na-suli | Banana sucker | (Stz) |
| Niue | Huli | Young plants of taro, banana etc.; offspring, shoot, scion | (McE) |
| Penrhyn | Huri | Shoot, seedling, young tree; to shoot (of plants) Problematic | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Yuli | A small branch, a sapling, shoots | (Bge) |
| Rapa | ʔUri | Young shoot, seed | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | ʔUri | Shoot, sucker, young plant, seedling, sapling; throw out shoots, sprout | (Bse) |
| Samoan | Suli | The sucker of a banana; the true son of a chief | (Prt) |
| Tokelau | Huli | Sucker of plants, e.g. elephant ear taro | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Hooli | A sprout from the root of a plant, a sapling | (Mar) |
| Tongan | Huli | Shoot, sprout, twig, or sucker; scion, descendant; to send out shoots or suckers | (Cwd) |
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