Protoform: TEKA.3 [CE] Cross-piece (in house timbers or other structure)

Description: Cross-piece (in house timbers or other structure)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *teka.2a ?

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Hawaiian Keʔa Cross, any crossed piece; main house purlin; sticks connecting canoes of a double canoe (Pki)
Mangareva Teka Bois, échafaudage où l'on dépose quelquechose; échafauder, soutenir (Rch)
Marquesas Pa/teá Placer ou fixer une ou plusieurs petits barres de bois en travers sur un objet lourd pour le porter; porter sur l'épaule ou sur un brancard. (Dln)
Marquesas Patáika, patákka To carry between two persons with a pole upon their shoulders (Crk)
Marquesas Teka paufifi Clavicule (Dln)
New Zealand Maori Teka Cross-pieces lashed onto a pole to make a rough ladder; projecting foot piece on a *ko* [digging stick] by which it was forced into the ground (Wms)
Tahitian Tea Any piece of wood fastened crossways; a beam, rafter, a horizontal stick (Dvs)
Tahitian Teʔa Linteau, poutre transversale, solive...toute pièce de bois attachée en travers d'une poutre; support d'un auvent, d'un bananier etc. (Aca)
Tuamotu Teka Strut, crossing-piece used on the *hopai* [scoop-net] (Stn)

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