Protoform: TAA.1B [AN] Cut, chop, carve
| Description: | Cut, chop, carve |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to AN: Austronesian |
| Notes: | *4 POC *taRa(q) "adze, chop with adze" (LPO I:90,245) |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Ta(a) | To chop down; to cut; to build [ex. canoe] | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Taa | Couper, tailler | (Gzl) |
| East Uvea | Ta ʔakau | Couper du bois | (Rch) |
| Emae | Te/ia | Chop | (Cpl) |
| Emae | Taa/taa | Fight with spears, etc. | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Taa | Chop with a knife | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Kaa | Hack | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | Daa/daa | Chop, hew | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Kaa/kaa | Carve | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Kaa/kaa | Fällen [fell, cut down (trees)] | (Sar) |
| Mangareva | Ta/taa | Couper du bois à brûler; couper par tranches le fruit de l'arbre à pain; briser un coco pour en avoir l'amande; faire un trou au coco pour en boire l'eau; | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Ta/ttá | To take the pulp off from the core of the ripe breadfruit | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | Ta/ta | Enlever l'épiderme d'une écorce; couper le fruit à pain pour mettre dans le silo | (Dln) |
| Mota | Tara | Hew, chop, cut | (Cdn) |
| Niue | Taa | Cut (with an implement); draw, mark, engrave | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Taa te lagau | Abhauen (einen Baum) | (Ths) |
| Nuguria | Taa/taa | Carve canoe; peel swamp taro; track (of creeping animals such as turtle or crocodile; also of a canoe on the shore) | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Taa/taa vaka | Canoe-cutting | (Fbg) |
| Pukapuka | Taa | Cut, cut out | (Bge) |
| Rennellese | Taa | Cut | (Ebt) |
| Sikaiana | Taa/taa | To cut wood with an adze, as in shaping a canoe | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Taa | Strike (as in chopping or carving); cut; butcher a large fish, turtle, pig, etc; ritually cut four incisions in a tuna before placing it on the top of a large catch for display | (Mle) |
| Tongan | Taa(ʔi) | To chop, to cut or carve (e.g. a canoe) by chopping; to draw (a picture)... | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Ta | To hew, to carve wood or stone | (Mar) |
| Tuvalu | Taa | Chop | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | T(h)aa | Cut (tree) | (Ebt) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ta/ta | Cut out, carve a dugout | (Ray) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Ta/taa (trans. tataia) | Cut, carve, trim, (vi) | (Hvn) |
| Waya | Taa | Be cut by chopping or slashing | (Ply) |
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