Protoform: TAU-TAHI [EO] An expert in seafaring and associated skills (Ebt)

Description: An expert in seafaring and associated skills (Ebt)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to EO: Eastern Oceanic
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *tahi.1 "sea"
*3 PEO *tau-tasik "expert fisherman or sailor, mariner" (LPO I:207).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Tautai Sea expert (Fbg)
East Futuna Tautai Pêcheur, marin, navigateur, nautonier (Gzl)
East Uvea Tautai Marin, navigateur, pilote, pêcheur (Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Tere tautai Go on fishing expedition (Bck)
Niuatoputapu Toutai Male-dominated 'hunting' (marine exploitation) (Dye)
Niue Taitai Experienced, skilful (with regard to fishing and hunting). Industrious (principally applied to fishermen); to hunt for food (McE). Phonologically Irregular (Sph)
Nukuoro Daudai Skilled fisherman (Crl)
Penrhyn Tautai Fishing (Sta)
Pukapuka Tautai Fishing expert (Sby)
Rarotongan Tautai Go fishing (Bse)
Rennellese Tautai Go fishing in the sea (Ebt)
Samoan Tautai Master fisherman, captain (Prt)
Sikaiana Tautai A man who is expert at fishing (Dnr)
Tahitian Tautai A certain mode of fishing, of which there are many names (Dvs)
Tahitian Tautai Pêche (mode de pêche, produit de la pêche, imstrument de pêche) (Lmt)
Takuu Tautai Fishing leader; fishing equipment involved in pakuu shark fishing (Mle)
Tikopia Tautai Sea expert (Fth)
Tokelau Tautai Master fisherman, skipper, or captain of a boat; to steer, direct (Sma)
Tongan Tautahi Continually swimming or batheing in the sea (Cwd)
Tongan Toutai Fisherman Phonologically Irregular (Cwd)
Tongan Totý A sailor, a fisherman; to fish (Mar)
Tuvalu Tautai Canoe captain; head fisherman; to steer a canoe (Rby)

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