Protoform: TOKO.1B [SO] Perch; to perch, roost

Description: Perch; to perch, roost
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to SO: Samoic-Outlier Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PPN *toka.2a "remain, wait, settle..."

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Kapingamarangi Dogo To squat, to urinate (females); to perch, to land on; stopped at (Lbr)
Luangiua Haa/koʔo Put a bird fledgling in nest (Smd)
Nukumanu Toko/ttoko Roost (v) (Trt)
Samoan Toʔo A stand in which is placed the perch of a pigeon (Prt)
Takuu Toko (Of a bird) roost, settle, perch (Mle)
Takuu Haka/toko Put a bird onto a perch (Mle)

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