Protoform: PUUTIKI [CE] Tie up the hair; top-knot
| Description: | Tie up the hair; top-knot |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. CE *tiki.3 'tie, bind', *puu.5 'head of octopus', *puu.6 'bunch, bundle, tuft, clump', PN *putu-ki 'bring together' |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mangareva | Puutuki | Emmêlement des cheveux Phonologically Irregular | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Butúge | A club of hair, or knob | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | Putuki, putuʔi | Touffe de cheveux que les femmes portent sur le côté ou sur le derrière de la tête; noeud qui attache ces cheveux Phonologically Irregular | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Putuki, putike (Fatu Hiva). Putuki ouoho. | Chignon Phonologically Irregular | (Chf) |
| New Zealand Maori | Puutiki | Tie together, knot together; knot; a method of dressing the hair in a knob on the top of the head, adopted by chiefs | (Wms) |
| Rarotongan | Puutiki | Tie the hair up in a knot, topknot (traditionally of men's hair) | (Bse) |
| Tahitian | Putii | To put the hair in tresses; hair tied in one or two bunches on the head | (Dvs) |
| Tuamotu | Puutiki | A tress, plait, top-knot of hair; to do up the hair in bunches, tufts, or knots | (Stn) |
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