Protoform: TUTU-A [PN] Board or log on which bark for cloth is beaten

Description: Board or log on which bark for cloth is beaten
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*0 << PN *tutu.3 "to beat out bark into felt", *-a 'noun-forming suffix'

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Tutua Board/log on which bark for cloth is beaten (Mfr)
East Uvea Tutua Board on which bark-cloth is beaten (Btn)
Easter Island Tutua Board on which bark-cloth is beaten (Chl)
Mangareva Tutua Board on which bark-cloth is beaten. Instrument sur lequel on fait le tapa (Rch). (Jnu)
Marquesas Tutuʔa. Tutua (1ŋ04). Bois sur lequel on bat la tapa (Dln)
Marquesas Tutúa A log of wood upon which cloth is beaten; also the act of beating it (Crk)
Niue Tutua Balk of toi timber om which bark cloth is beaten (McE)
Rennellese Tutua Tapa-beating anvil (Ebt)
Samoan Tutua Board/log on which bark for cloth is beaten (Prt)
Tahitian Tutua The beam on which the women beat the bark for cloth-making (Dvs)
Tikopia Tutu Beat out barkcloth with a wooden beater on a slab (Fth)
Tongan Tutua Board/log on which bark for cloth is beaten (Cwd)

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