Protoform: TOE.2 [EC] Split Pandanus leaves into strips
| Description: | Split Pandanus leaves into strips |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to EC: Ellicean |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *tosi |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian | Koe | Scratch, claw, scrape; strip pandanus leaves; strike match; card wool etc | (Pki) |
| Hawaiian | Maa/koe/ | To rake, strip, scrape away | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | Doe | Short stick with rows of pins for stripping Pandanus leaves; strip, cut in long strips | (Lbr) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Te/te | Split with thumb nail Phonologically Irregular | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Totoe/buakka | Grass sp. similar to twitch grass | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | To(e)/toe puaka | Espèce d'herbe (graminée) | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | To(to)e | Split, divide | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Ma/toe/ | Split, crack, open in fissures | (Wms) |
| New Zealand Maori | Toe/toe | Split into strips or shreds; grass, sedge, etc. of various spp., particularly Arundo [Austroderia].... | (Wms) |
| Penrhyn | Toe | Split | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | To/toe | To split off; to split into broad strings or strips; splitter, tool to tear a wide leaf into several strips | (Sta) |
| Penrhyn | Toe/toe | Split into fine strings or strips (of rauhara, kata niikau, etc.) | (Sta) |
| Tahitian | Ti/toe | An instrument to make a groove; any kind of beading or grooving plane; to form any kind of grooves | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Matoe | A crack or split; to crack or split, as wood in the sun | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Tiitoe | Bouveter | (Lmt) |
| Tuamotu | Kii/toe/toe | To split with a pointed instrument into many strips suitable for plaiting | (Stn) |
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