Protoform: SUNU.2 [OC] Singe

Description: Singe
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic
Notes:

*0 >> PN *ma-sunu "singed, scorched, burnt"
*1 Cf. PN *manunu "burnt off, of vegetation"
*4 POC *sunu "singe" (LPO I:154,294).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Sunu/sunu Singe (Mfr)
East Uvea Hunu Singe (Rch)
Emae Sunu/a To singe, as a pig or fowl (Cpl)
Luangiua Suŋu Smell of burning (Smd)
Marquesas Unu (MQN), nunu (Ua Pou), haʔa/unu Flamber un cochon mort; singe a dead pig. Flamber une volaille (Lch). Phonologically Irregular (Chf)
New Zealand Maori Hu/hunu Singe (Wms)
Niue Hu/hunu Burn, set alight (Sph)
Niue Hunu To whip, flog Uncertain Semantic Connection (Sph)
Rennellese Suni Make burn Problematic (Ebt)
Rennellese Lulunu Be seared, as pinfeathers, be burned, as a garden Phonologically Irregular (Ebt)
Rotuman Su/sunu Burn, scorch (Cwd)
Samoan Sunu/ga Burning n (Prt)
Samoan Sunu/sunu Swidden (Prt)
Takuu Unu Singe, as of the hair of a pig or feathers of a bird Phonologically Irregular (Mle)
Tikopia (Su)sunu Burn, set on fire, scorch, singe (Fth)
Tokelau Hunu/hunu Cook by roasting over hot coals and turning over now and again (Sma)
Tokelau Hu/hunu Burn, set alight (Sma)
Tongan Hoonoo To singe (Mar)
Tongan Hunu Singe (Cwd)
Tuvalu Hunu/hunu Cook fish or fowl in flames (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Hua/un/unu Burn rubbish (Hvn)
Waya Cunu Burnt or branded by a smouldering stick or firebrand (Ply)
West Uvea Sunu-a Bruler (Hmn)
West Uvea Su/sunu Allumer (Hmn)

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