Protoform: TAFA.2 [OC] Cut lengthwise, slice, incise
| Description: | Cut lengthwise, slice, incise |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PPN *tapa-si "split, cut, break" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Tapa | Circumcise | (Yen) |
| Anuta | Tapa | To cut the stomach of a fish in order to remove the gut | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Tafa | Incision, inciser, couper | (Gzl) |
| East Uvea | Tafa | Incision, coupure | (Btn) |
| Emae | Tafa/ia | Scarify, circumcise | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Tava/ia | Cut with a knife, as meat from a carcase | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Kaha | Cut open or slice lengthwise, scratch, mark, draw | (Pki) |
| Lau | Afa | Cut, incise | (Fox) |
| Mangareva | Taʔa | Be separated (I) | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Taʔa/taʔa | Couper en morceaux le poisson ou la viande; ouvrir une nacre; entailler pour enlever une épine etc.; faire une autopsie | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Tà/táhhá | To extract splinters of bone out of the flesh; an instrument made with the sharks tooth for the purpose | (Crk) |
| Nggela | Tava/lo | To slip and cut, of a knife | (Fox) |
| Niue | Tafa | Cut with a sharp instrument, slit | (Sph) |
| Penrhyn | Taha/taha | Cut open intestines to clean them | (Sta) |
| Rarotongan | Ta/taʔa/ | Castrate, geld | (Bse) |
| Saʔa | Aha | Cut, score, notch, mark by incising | (Ivs) |
| Samoan | Tafa | Cut open, incise (of boil, abscess) | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | T/taha | To circumcise (Not practised on Sikaiana) | (Dnr) |
| Tongan | Tafa | Lance, cut open (a boil); cut into portions, carve | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Tafa | To cut, to intersect | (Mar) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Taha/ia | [Be] cut accidentally (vi); cut deliberately, tear off (vt) | (Hvn) |
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