Protoform: TITI.2 [PN] Skirt or kilt worn in the dance
| Description: | Skirt or kilt worn in the dance |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Titi pau | Skirt for men and women worn for dancing. Barkcloth sheet hung in front of the church (Fbg). | (Yen) |
| Anuta | Titi rau ti | A cordyline leaf waist garment | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Titi | Kilt of cordyline leaves | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | Sisi | Ceinture en feuilles de si ou autres | (Btn) |
| Emae | Maasina e /titi/ | Ring around the moon | (Cpl) |
| Luangiua | Kiki | Leaf decoration for dancing. Dried pandanus leaf (Hbn). | (Smd) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Titi | Skirt | (Krk) |
| Niue | Titi | Dancing-skirt made of inner bark of hibiscus | (McE) |
| Nuguria | Titi | Blätterschurz | (Ths) |
| Nuguria | Titi | Grass skirts (for men and women) | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Didi | Grass skirt of hibiscus fibre or palm leaves | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Titi | Skirt made of coconut leaves; kind of loincloth for women; dancing costume for both sexes, made from puurau, rito, etc. decorated with akeake | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | Titche, tichè | A kind of short kilt | (Lmt) |
| Pukapuka | Titi | Woman's waist garment | (Bge) |
| Rennellese | Tau/titi/ | Tiny tapa loincloth | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Titi | A girdle of tii leaves | (Prt) |
| Takuu | Ttii aronaa | (obs.) Strips of fibre formerly used to make net cordage Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Titi | Fringe, especially of Coconut leaf or split Cordyline leaf, worn as a decorative girdle | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Titi | Traditional leaf-skirt... | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Sisi | Ornamental girdle or waistband | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Chichi | An ornamental dress round the waist for either sex, made generally of leaves of the chi tree | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Titi | Band or wreath of Coconut leaves tied round a tree to denote that the fruit is tapu | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Titi | Skirt of pandanus leaves | (Rby) |
| West Uvea | Titi | Pagne, jupon, jupe, ceinture | (Hmn) |
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