Protoform: VENE [SO] Carrying straps; to carry on back with straps

Description: Carrying straps; to carry on back with straps
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to SO: Samoic-Outlier Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. SO *neve

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Vene A strip of barkcloth used to tie a *poopora* type basket to a woman's back (Fbg)
Anuta Vene-nga A load carried on the back with a belt in the style of women (Fbg)
East Futuna Vene Carry on back with straps (Rch)
East Uvea Vene Piece of tapa or cloth for carrying baby on back; to carry something on the back (Rch)
New Zealand Maori Wene(wene) Runners of plants such as convolvulus, gourd Problematic (Bgs)
Tikopia Vene Rafter lashings (Fth)
Tuvalu Vene Carrying straps, bindings about abdomen after birth (Rby)

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