Protoform: TAPA-SI [MP] Split, cut, break
| Description: | Split, cut, break |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *tapa.3 "edge, margin", *tafa.2 "cut lengthwise, slice, incise" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fijian | Tava/a | Cut (something) with a knife Problematic | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Kapa | Labia | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Tapasi/a | Break, split, separate | (Clk) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tapa/hanga | Fragment, portion, piece Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sve) |
| Moriori | Tapahi | Cut down | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tapahi | Cut, chop | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tapa | Cut, split (n); pudenda muliebra | (Wms) |
| Pukapuka | Tapa/tapa | Crack open a coconut, to smash | (Bge) |
| Pukapuka | Tapayi/a | Break, split (archaic) | (Sby) |
| Rarotongan | Tapaʔi | To split, cleave lengthwise ; chop down vertically on something, split or cleave lengthwise; a chopping implement, trowel | (Sve) |
| Rennellese | Tapasi/a | Be cut, have a cut (as feet on coral) | (Ebt) |
| Tahitian | Tapahi | Couteau en bois ou en pierre qui sert à fendre les fruits à pain; fendre en deux, couper en morceaux; abattre un arbre | (Lmt) |
| Tuamotu | Tapahi | Cleave apart, sunder, cut | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Tapahi | Labia majora | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Thapai/a | Cut up, split | (Hvn) |
| Waya | Tabai | Be split, come apart; break up, stop cooperating (of partners in a project) | (Ply) |
| West Futuna | Tapasi/a | Break, split; separate | (Dty) |
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