Protoform: TIPI.1A [OC] Cut, slice, slash off

Description: Cut, slice, slash off
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic
Notes:

*2 PFJ *ci(m)pi "cut, slash off" (Bst. 1976b).
*4 POC *jipi "sharpen, pare off" (Rss. 1988).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Tipi Axe (Bgs)
East Uvea Sipi Cut, divide, circumcise (Rch)
Fijian Cibi Cut up into pieces (Cpl)
Fijian Civi Cut or pare off (Cpl)
Fijian Sivi To cut out with an adze (Cpl)
Hawaiian Kipi Dig with sharp tool (Pki)
Mangareva Tipi. Tiipi (Rch). Cut, divide; a knife. Couper; couteau (Rch). Amputer (tipi te vaevae) (Atl). (Tgr)
Mangareva Tiipi Couteau; couper (Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Tipu Slice Phonologically Irregular (Bck)
Marquesas Tipi Slice. Couper par morceaux, dépecer; tailler, inciser. Eplucher (à l'aide d'un couteau); peel (using a knife). Tailler au couteau; cut with a knife [Northwest Marquesan Dialect] (Atl). (Dln)
Marquesas Tíbbe To cut in pieces (Crk)
Marquesas Tibbe tibbé/ya It is cut small (Crk)
New Zealand Maori Tipi Slice (Wms)
Niue Tipi Split, chop (Sph)
Niue Ti/tipi Knife (Sph)
Penrhyn Tipi Knife (in general) (Sta)
Penrhyn Tibè Knife (Lmt)
Rarotongan Maa/tipi Slice or peel with a knife; knife, ploughshare (Bse)
Rarotongan Tipi Slice (Sve)
Rotuman Tiptipi Cut or slice into small pieces Problematic (Cwd)
Samoan Tipi Axe (Prt)
Tahitian Tipi Couteau, peler (Lmt)
Tahitian Tipi/tipi Peler, couper en morceaux (Lmt)
Tikopia Tipi Split open, split up (Fth)
Tokelau Tipi Cut, slice; be operated on, amputated, cut off, circumcised; slash, lower, reduce (wages etc.) (Sma)
Tongan Sipi Slash off (Cwd)
Tuamotu Tipi Slice (Stn)
Tuvalu Tipi Cut the body (Rby)

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