Protoform: TAKUU [MP] Cutting or splitting instrument made of tortoise-shell or shell
| Description: | Cutting or splitting instrument made of tortoise-shell or shell |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *4 POC *taku "adze" (LPO I:90) |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Takuu tofi mei | Instrument for splitting breadfruit | (Bgs) |
| East Futuna | Taku | Carapace de tortue ou plat de son dos | (Gzl) |
| East Uvea | Takuu | Os de tortue | (Btn) |
| Fijian | Taku | Hawksbill turtle and its shell | (Cpl) |
| Nuguria | Takuu | Axe (for making canoes) | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Takuu | Axe or flat-bladed adze | (Hwd) |
| Nukumanu | Takuu | Axe | (Trt) |
| Nukuoro | Daguu | Axe | (Crl) |
| Nukuoro | Haka-takou | An axe, adze | (Crn) |
| Pukapuka | Takuu | Cutting implement made from backbone of turtle | (Bge) |
| Samoan | Toʔuu | Adze (used for scooping out, hollowing out canoes, etc.) | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Takuu | Axe, both of steel and shell | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Takuu | Axe, hatchet | (Mle) |
| Takuu | Takuu unamea | (obs.) Hatchet whose blade is made of turtle bone set into a wooden handle, used for scraping swamp taro | (Mle) |
| Tongan | Toku | Yam and breadfruit cutter of turtleshell or hard wood | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Takuu | Axe or flat-bladed adze | (Hwd) |
| Waya | Taku | Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) | (Ply) |
| West Futuna | Taku | Pelvis; hollow between front pelvic bones, waist, concavity Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dty) |
18 entries found
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