Protoform: TOFI [AN] To cut in pieces, divide
| Description: | To cut in pieces, divide |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to AN: Austronesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> PN *ma-tofi.a "be split in two" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Topi | Garden, orchard | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Tofi | Diviser, partage, rompre | (Gzl) |
| East Uvea | Tofi | Partager, diviser, couper | (Btn) |
| Fijian | Dovi-a | Cut or break food into pieces | (Cpl) |
| Luangiua | Kohi | Snap, break | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Toʔi | Couper dans le siolo de fermentation de grands morceaux de nourriture (ma); couper en morceaux des vivres, des fruits | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | To/toʔi | Fendre d'un seul coup; rétention subite d'urine | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tehi (pass. tehia) | Cut in pieces | (Bck) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tohi | Perform ceremony | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Tohi | Divide | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Pa/tohi | Couper le fruit à pain par tranches; partager avec la main le mâ, la popoi; tailler à facettes | (Lch) |
| Moriori | Tohii | Perform tohi ritual | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tohi-a | Cut, divide, separate; a ceremony related to the severing of the navel cord | (Wms) |
| Niue | Tofi | Cut into strips; chisel n. To chisel, to gouge; cut (top part of yam tuber for replanting) (Sph). | (McE) |
| Nuguria | T/tohi, tohi/tohi | Split, break (a piece of bread, coconut spround, because it is soft); share between people | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | T/tohi | Break (bread) | (Trt) |
| Nukuoro | Dohi/dohi | Divide up | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Tohi | Chisel | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Toi | Chip using an adze | (Sby) |
| Rarotongan | Toʔi/toʔi | Chisel away, take out, nick, groove, carve out, notch; a chisel or similar gouging implement | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Tohi/tohi | Break into pieces | (Ebt) |
| Rennellese | Lobi | To shave Borrowed | (Ebt) |
| Rennellese | Lobi/kuu | To shave, as the head of someone else; to chop off, as nearly all the fronds of a coconut Borrowed | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Tofi | Split, divide, cleave | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Tohi | Break off a piece from hard material | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Tohi | Ciseau à bois, ciseau à froid, gouge; se servir d'un ciseau. A chisel, an instrument to cleave bread fruit; to use a chisel, to split breadfruit (Dvs). | (Lmt) |
| Tahitian | Tohi/tohi | "Pelle à baleine". A harpoon; to use a chisel (Dvs). | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | Tofi | Split or tear apart, as a fish | (Hwd) |
| Takuu | T/tohi | Split or tear something apart (e.g. an item of food) | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Tofe | Cut with a blade | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Tofi | Cut with a chisel; split, rend | (Sma) |
| Tokelau | To/tofi | Separate, split (v) | (Sma) |
| Tokelau | Tofi/tofi | Split something into pieces for sharing, divide | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Tofi | Cut up or cut off, with a pressing movement; knife made of ironwood (toa) | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Tofi(-tofi) | To mince | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Tohi | Gouge | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | ʔTofi | To break off into small pieces; to cut or divide into small pieces | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tohi/a | Cut breadfruit, banana ; break off, cut up, split | (Grn) |
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