Protoform: TUFUGA [PN] Expert, priest
| Description: | Expert, priest |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 >> TA *tafuga |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Tipunga | Carpenter; the man who performs the operation during a boy's initiation (circumcision) rite | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Tufuga | Carpenter | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | Tufuga | Ouvrier, maOtre | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Tuʔuga | Etre habile, adroit à parler | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Tuhuka (MQN), tuhuna (MQS) | Wise man (I). Savant, instruit, artiste, artisan habile. Habile, clever (Atl). | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | Tuhúna, tuhúka (NKH) | An artist, a priest; ingenious | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | Eaʔtooʔhung a, haeʔdecou | Able, versed, learned | (Rbs) |
| Niue | Tufuga | Expert, talented or skilful person; to make expertly, be skilful in making | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Tihuna | Expert | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Tuhunga | A carpenter | (Crn) |
| Pukapuka | Tuwunga | Expert | (Bge) |
| Pukapuka | Tukunga | Expert (presumed old form!) Problematic | (Sby) |
| Samoan | Tufuga | Craftsman, expert, specialist , carpenter | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Tuhuna | (arch.) An expert at a handicraft skill, especially weaving or making a canoe; to be adept at misleading through speech, or to deceive others through speech | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Tifuna | Craftsman, skilled person | (Hwd) |
| Takuu | Tihuna | Craftsman, skilled person, canoe builder, house builder Phonologically Irregular | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Tufunga | Expert, master craftsman (male only) | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Tufuga | Craftsman | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Tufunga | Skilled workman, artisan | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Toofoonga | A workman, or artificer | (Mar) |
| Tuvalu | Tufuga | Expert | (Rby) |
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