Protoform: TUSI [OC] Mark or adorn with colour, brand
| Description: | Mark or adorn with colour, brand |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PPN *tusi.1 "point at, indicate". |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Tuti | To write | (Fbg) |
| Emae | Tus | To write; book | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Tusi | Of native cloth kesa'd (marked with dye) with various colours and patterns | (Hzd) |
| Luangiua | Kekele/kusi | Stripes | (Smd) |
| Mangaia | Tuʔi | To write | (Bse) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tuhi | Adorn with colour, cause to glow, redden; write (mod.) | (Bgs) |
| Pukapuka | Tuyi | To mark | (Sby) |
| Rarotongan | Tuʔi | Act of writing or drawing, or delineating; adorn, as with designs | (Sve) |
| Rennellese | Tusi | Mark, as with turmeric or betel spit | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Tusi | To mark with dots Problematic | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | Tusi | Draw, write . Mark siapo, write. | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Tusi | To make lines in a material; to draw them on paper; the lines on lined paper | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | Tusi | Stripe | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Tusi | Trace with finger, mark (e.g. with turmeric); write (mod.) | (Fth) |
| Tikopia | Ta/tusi/tusi | Marked in pattern; banded, as tail feathers of bird | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Tuhi | Write, scribble; register, enter in a book; draw, paint, sketch | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Tuhi | Thin stripe, streak | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Tuhi | Red-gleam, as of sunrise | (Stn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tui/tui (trans. tui/a) | Writing, book, scripture; to write | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Tusi-a | To paint, dye. Se tatouer, se teindre le corps (Rve). | (Dty) |
| West Uvea | Tusi | Couleur; livre | (Hmn) |
| West Uvea | Tusi/tusi | Tacheté | (Hmn) |
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