Protoform: TAKAI [PN] Wrap around, encircle, surround
| Description: | Wrap around, encircle, surround |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *taka.1a "revolve, roll", *pookai "coil, wrap up", NP *takaa "snood, the binding attaching a hook to a fishing line" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Takai | To stir something such as pudding, rice, or soup | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Takai | Mettre en boule (ficelle); rouler (natte) | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Takai | Rouler, enrouler, entortiller, mettre en pelote | (Rch) |
| Hawaiian | Kaaʔai | Sash, girdle, belt; bie, tie around, gird on | (Pki) |
| Luangiua | Kaʔai | Wind, bind | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Takai | Cercle, cerceau; former un cercle d'hommes; entourer quelqu'un | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Takai | Tournée en mer, faire le tour de l'île | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Humu taka i te ʔima (MQN) | Bander une plaie, bandage (v) | (Chf) |
| Moriori | Takai | Bandage | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Takai-a | Wrap up, wrap round, wind round; wrapper, covering | (Wms) |
| Niue | Takai | To go around, go right round; to be surrounded; travelling party (going around the island) | (Sph) |
| Niue | Kakai | Surroundings, environment Phonologically Irregular | (Sph) |
| Niue | Vakai | To wind round, roll up Phonologically Irregular | (McE) |
| Nuguria | Taakai | Stir (a sugar) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dvl) |
| Penrhyn | Taakai | Bundle, roll, make a bundle, wind; bundle, roll (n) | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Taakai | Cooked taro wrapped in coconut leaflets | (Mta) |
| Rapa | Takai | Tie cords for house construction | (Sks) |
| Rapa | Taakae | Bundled and cooked taro | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | Taakai-a, -ʔia | Tie, bind, wind or wrap something | (Bse) |
| Rotuman | Takai | Wind, coil Problematic | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Taʔai | Wind (as thread on a reel), roll (e.g. a cigarette) | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Taakai | A belt (woven on the loom, or store-bought) | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Takai | Wind, coil; rotate; turn with a circular motion; rotate, turn around by itself; roll of dried pandanus leaves | (Mle) |
| Tokelau | Ta(a)kai | Roll up, wind up, coil (mat, paper, thread, etc.); roll or ball of something | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Takai | Revolve, rotate, move in a more or less circular path; wind around; surrounding, encircling, enclosing; all around | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Tacký. Tacca tacký. | To wheel, to roll up. To engird. | (Mar) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Takai | Be rolled up; struggle | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Takai-a. (freq. tax/takai-a (Cpl)) | To wrap up, tie, surround; to put on, dress in. Bundle, group, school. S'habiller; panser une blessure, attacher (Rve). To tie a pudding (Cpl). | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Va/takai/na | Nouer cocos ensemble | (Rve) |
| West Futuna | Paua takai | Shoal of small fishes | (Cpl) |
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