Protoform: TALAI [OC] Hew, carve
| Description: | Hew, carve |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic |
| Notes: | *4 POC *taRa(q) "adze" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Ta/taarai | Chip design in carving; decorated with a chip design | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Talai | Trim branches off tree | (Mfr) |
| Easter Island | Tarai | Carve, model, mould, sculpt | (Fts) |
| Fijian | Dara | Slip, slide, glide Problematic | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Kaalai | Hew, carve | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Taarai | Scoop out banana flesh | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Dalai | Axe; to make a long stroke with an axe or knife | (Lbr) |
| Mangareva | Tarai | Tailler, bucher (se did des menuisiers, des tailleurs de pierre). To rough-hew; to dress timber or stones; to carve, to execute sculpture (Tgr). | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Taʔai (MQN), teʔai, tekai (MQS) | Tailler, ciseler, travailler, sculpter le bois ou la pierre, équarrir | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Taʔai (MQN) | Tailler au couteau; cut with a knife (appointer un poteau, écarrir; sharp-point a pole, square timber). | (Chf) |
| Marquesas | Tà-í (NKH), tàki | To work with an adze or ax | (Crk) |
| Moriori | Tarei | Fashion (or chip) | (Shd) |
| Mota | Tara | Hew, chop, cut | (Cdn) |
| New Zealand Maori | Taarai | Dress, shape, fashion (particularly of working timber with an adze) | (Wms) |
| Niue | Talai | To carve, chop | (Sph) |
| Penrhyn | Tarai | Carve, chip, cut knots | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Talai | Hew, carve, shape wood | (Mta) |
| Rarotongan | Tarai | Chop, chisel or adze something into shape; carve something out | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Tagai | Whittle, peel, sharpen a point | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Tara | Whittle, pare, shave or carve (wood etc.);peel with a knife Problematic | (Cwd) |
| Saʔa | Dara | Cut up solids, hollow a log | (Ivs) |
| Samoan | Talai | To adze | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Tarai | Tailler le bois ou la pierre | (Lmt) |
| Tikopia | Tarai | Chip (Drd) | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | (Tala)talai | Chip, adze, cut; make something out of wood by hewing and chipping with an adze | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Taaʔi | To carve out by chopping (as a canoe) Problematic | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Taarai | Dress, shape, fashion, carve (of timber) | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Talai | Hew, carve | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Talai | Adze, giant clam ; scraper (piece of metal used when making pudding from bananas etc., but not used for coconuts) | (Ray) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Talae | Carve | (Ebt) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Talai/a | Cut (e.g. a tree or some food for distribution in the family or village) | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Tarai-a | Scrape, to scrape out; shavings (esp. of green banana).... Gratter banane avec coquillage (Rve). | (Dty) |
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