Protoform: TUQU.3A [PN] To cut
| Description: | To cut |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Tuu | Pierce or stab, from the point of view of the instrument | (Fbg) |
| Anuta | Tuu/ti | To cut | (Fbg) |
| Anuta | Tuu/tuu/ti | To slice something with a knife or adze | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Tuʔu/ti | Couper en deux | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Tuʔu | To cut | (Btn) |
| Emae | Tuu | Cut | (Cpl) |
| Emae | Tuu/tia | To cross . Traverse (un cours d'eau) | (Rve) |
| Hawaiian | Kuu | Abruptly, rudely, defiantly, unceremoniously, without observance of taboos or niceties, brusque Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Tuu/jia | Cut | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Tuu | To cut | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | K/ku. Ku/kuu (Sar). | Cut in pieces | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Kuu/kuu | Cut (?) | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Kuu | Fällen [fell (trees)] | (Sar) |
| Luangiua | Ku/ku/kia | Abschneiden [cut off (several things)] | (Sar) |
| Niuafoʔou | Tuʔu/si | Cut (as with knife) | (Dye) |
| Niuafoʔou | Toʔusi | Cut | (Gry) |
| Niue | Tuu/tuu | Cut up, chop; sever (lit. and fig.) | (Sph) |
| Niue | Tuu/tia | Be cut | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | T/tuu (sg.obj.), tuu/tuu (pl.obj.) (pass. tuu/tia) | Cut (off), sever, amputate; chop, cut down (a tree, a coconut); harvest, reap (banana, sugarcane) | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Takuu tuu/tuu | Severing adze | (Fbg) |
| Nukumanu | Tuu (pl. ttuu) (pass. tuu/tia) (mult. tuutuu) | Cut (axe cutting tree), cut off; sever (relations); cut short | (Trt) |
| Nukuoro | Tuu | Cut something | (Crl) |
| Rennellese | Tuʔu/ti | Cut off (as top of drinking coconut) | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Tu/tia | To be cut off, as one part of an army separated from the rest; to cut of the head (in abuse) | (Prt) |
| Samoan | Tu/tuu(ina) | Fell, cut down | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | T/tuu | To cut, to split across the width | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Tuu | Cut, chop with an axe or knife, cut into cross-sections | (Mle) |
| Takuu | T/tuu | Cut (hair) | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Tuu | To cut; a cut (e.g. of fish) | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Tuʔu | Cut through something hard ; sever, cut off, chop off, lop off, amputate | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Too. Too/too. Too/chia. | To cut, to separate. To cut, to cut off, to prune; a chisel. To crop, to cut off. | (Mar) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tuu/tuu | Cut (canoe) ; cut (trees from bottom), fell (trees) | (Hvn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tu/hia, tu/sia | Fell (trees); cut open (coconuts) | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Tu(-shia) | Cut away, cut off | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Tuu | Stick straight into something | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Tu/ji-a (WFU), tau/tjia (ANI) | Cut something. Cut away, cut off (Cpl). Découper (laplap) (Rve). | (Dty) |
| West Uvea | Tu/tuu, tuu/tia | Couper; abattre (arbre, boeuf) [Heo Dialect] | (Hmn) |
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