Protoform: TAA-FITI.A [PN] Somersault, leap over

Description: Somersault, leap over
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*0 << PN *fiti.1 "spring up, jerk round, flip over, turn somersault"

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Tafiti Struggle when held (Bgs)
East Futuna Taafiti Push away; stir oneself (Mfr)
East Futuna Tafiti Etre en convulsions, struggle (when held) Problematic (Bgs)
Marquesas Tahiti (MQN) Exagérer, dépasser la mesure (Lch)
Raʔivavae Taahiti To go or leap across, over to a side, border (Stn)
Rarotongan Taaʔiti Turn around/about (I); catch fish by encircling a rock with a net (Bse)
Samoan Taafiti Somersault (Prt)
Tahitian Taahiti Franchir; être excédé (Lmt)
Tongan Taafisi Turn somersault (Cwd)
Tuamotu Taahiti Step over/across, leap over (Stn)
Tuvalu Tafiti Wrestling match (Rby)

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