Protoform: TUPE.1 [PN] Disc used in game (quoits); other disc-shaped objects
| Description: | Disc used in game (quoits); other disc-shaped objects |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PPN *lafo.2 "throwing game played with discs" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Tupe | Nom d'un jeu ou l'on jette...petit palets | (Gzl) |
| East Uvea | Tupe | Palet du lafo | (Btn) |
| Hawaiian | (ʔOolepe) kupe | A bivalve | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | Tupe/tai | Patte-nageoire de la tortue Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tupe | Roll up pandanus leaves | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Bu túpe | A large species of the porcelain shell Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | Pu/tupe | Espèce de coquillages (casque, conque) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dln) |
| Niue | Tupe | Money Borrowed | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Tupe | Seed of the tauraura tree, used to make spinning tops; spinning top | (Dvl) |
| Penrhyn | Tupe | Coil, bundle of folded *rauhara* for thatching | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Tupe | A shell disc; game of disc pitching; to pitch a disc | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Tupe | Pitch discs; disc or quoit, esp. that used in the game of disc-pitching | (Bse) |
| Rarotongan | Tupe rauʔara | A disc-shaped roll of dried pandanus leaves | (Bse) |
| Rarotongan | Tupe varaaoa | Large round or square biscuit | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Tupe | Throw v | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Tupe | Disc used in lafoga game; money; knee-cap; operculum; a large bean, the fruit of a vine (Entada scandens); a climbing plant (Entada sp.) with large disc-shaped seeds (Mnr); seeds of Entada phaseoloides and probably Mucuna gigantea (Whr) | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Tupe | A species of cockle shell | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Tupe | Various hard seeds (from seed pods) that drift to Takuu (Children thread them into necklaces.); operculum or cat’s eye of a llia shell | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Tupe | Pitching game throwing beans | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Tupe | Disc made of coconut shell used in the game of lafo | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Tupe | Throw | (Rby) |
21 entries found
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