Protoform: SUNU-KI [PN] Insert, stick in the ground
| Description: | Insert, stick in the ground |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Sunuki | Planter (kava, manioc) | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Hunuki | Enfiler, embrocher, piquer, planter dans | (Rch) |
| Luangiua | ŋuʔi | Poke; drive something into Phonologically Irregular | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Unu | Bois enfoncé en mer dans un rocher pour marquer l'interdit de la pêche; morceau, branche de bois sur laquelle on se jette en mer | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Un/unu | Marquer un endroit avec un bois pour indiquer de ne pas y mettre le pied | (Rch) |
| Nukuoro | Suunugi | Skewer, hold something down with the end of a long implement | (Crl) |
| Samoan | Sunuʔi | To thrust in, as a stick into the ground | (Prt) |
| Takuu | Sunuki | Prick someone with an object | (Mle) |
| Tongan | Hunuki | To insert, stick in, in the ground; to peg out, mark out with pegs or stakes in the ground | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Hoonoogi | To stick a skewer or peg in any thing; the name of the stick put in the ground for the tendrils of the yams to rest on | (Mar) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Unuki/a | Stick into the ground. Pierce (Hnh). | (Hvn) |
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