Protoform: TUU-PERE [CE] Scrape out, scoop out
| Description: | Scrape out, scoop out |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian | Kuupele | Dub out, as a canoe hull; scoop out, as trench; dig and plow, as taro patch; to knead, as bread dough or very hard fresh poi | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | Tupere | Râcler l'amande de coco pour en extraire le jus; enlever des parties inégales de la vanille, de la crasse | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Tuvéi | To scratch Phonologically Irregular | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | Tupeʔe, tuveʔe, tuveve | Gratter, se gratter; égratigner, racler | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tupere | Put out the lips, pout; pudenda muliebra Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Wms) |
| Tahitian | Tupere | A shell of the cockle kind....said to be used by the gods...to scrape the souls of men for food | (Dvs) |
| Tuamotu | Tuupere | To pry, prick, break out the meat of a coconut | (Stn) |
| Tuamotu | Tuupere | To eat to repletion, until surfeited Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Stn) |
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