Protoform: TII.1 [MP] Plant sp. (Cordyline fruticosa [= terminalis])

Description: Plant sp. (Cordyline fruticosa [= terminalis])
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian
Notes:

*3 PEO *jiri (Gty. 1983).
*4 POC *jiRi "taxon consisting of Cordyline fruticosa and Dracaena angustifolia" (LPO III:418).
*5 PMP *siRi "a shrub: Cordyline, Draecena" (ACD).
*8 Cordyline and Dracaena varieties are both used as decorative plants and for making leaf skirts, and many Oceanic languages treat them as a single taxon. (LPO III:418)

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Tii (Cordyline fruticosa) (Yen)
East Futuna Tii (Cordyline species (Bgs)
East Uvea Sii (Cordyline terminalis) (Btn)
Easter Island Tii (Cordyline terminalis) (Cnt)
Emae Tii (Cordyline sp.) (Cpl)
Gilbertese Rau ti (Cordyline fruticosa) (Whr)
Hawaiian Kii (Cordyline terminalis) (Pki)
Ifira-Mele Tii (Cordyline sp.) (Clk)
Lau Dili (Draecena) with thin green leaves (Fox)
Mangareva Tii (Cordyline terminalis). Arbrisseau, dont la racine donne un jus mielleux (servait de nourriture en temps de famine): Cordyline fruticosa (Liliacées) (Rch). (Bck)
Marquesas Tii. Ti (Lch). (Cordyline). Arbrisseau aux multiples usages, plante de la famille des liliacées (Lch). (Dln)
Marquesas ʔOu/ti. ʔAu/ti (Ua Huka). Cordyline (Chf)
New Zealand Maori Tii (Cordyline spp.) (Bgs)
Nggela Ndili (Draecena) (Fox)
Niue Tii (Cordyline terminalis)... (Sph)
Nuguria Tii Plant: (Cordyline fruticosa) (Dvl)
Nukuoro Ti A cabbage palm (Dracaena terminalis) (Crn)
Penrhyn Tii Ti plant (Cordyline terminalis) (Sta)
Penrhyn Rau/tii Introduced shrub sp. (Cordyline terminalis) (Sta)
Raʔivavae Gau/ti(i), ʔau/ti Leaves of the ti plant (Cordyline terminalis) (Zpn)
Rapa Ti Root of karo karo (Cordyline sp.), which was eaten (Sks)
Rarotongan Tii (Cordyline terminalis) (Sve)
Rennellese Tii (Cordyline terminalis) (Ebt)
Rotuman Ji (Cordyline) (Cwd)
Saʔa Dili (Draecena) (Ivs)
Samoan Tii (Cordyline species (Prt)
Sikaiana Tii Plant sp., Cordyline (Dnr)
Tahitian Tii Racine de la plante appelée `autii (Cordyline fructicosa) (Lmt)
Takuu Tii Plant sp., Cordyline fruticosa (Mle)
Tikopia Tii (Cordyline) (Fth)
Tongan Sii (Cordyline terminalis) (Cwd)
Tongan Chi The name of a plant (Mar)
Tuamotu Tii (Cordyline terminalis) (Stn)
Tupuaki Ti Cordyline sp. (Atn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Sii A plant or shrub with long leaves (Hvn)
West Uvea Tii Arbre: (Cordyline sp.)... (Hmn)

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