Protoform: SUKI.A [MP] Pierce, prick, puncture, stab; sharp-pointed implement

Description: Pierce, prick, puncture, stab; sharp-pointed implement
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian
Notes:

*3 PEO *suki "pierce" (Gty. 1983).
*4 POC *suki "pierce, prick, sew (mats)" (LPO I:263).
*5 PMP *cukcuk "skewer", *suksuk "pierce, penetrate; insert" (ACD).
*6 PAN *suksuk 'pierce, penetrate, insert' (ACD).
*7 PBN *cuki "to sew" (Lvy. 1979).
*8 SAM su'i (v) occupies the semantic field of PN *tui

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Tuuki To stab (Fbg)
Anuta Uki. U/uki (Fbg). Thrust. Thrust, as in attempting to stab someone or something. Problematic (Yen)
Anuta Tu/tuki To dig a hole in the ground Uncertain Semantic Connection (Fbg)
Bugotu Suki Pierce, impale, prick (Ivs)
Easter Island Huki Barreno de mano usado para escarbar la tierra y sacar tubérculos; clavar. Hand-drill used to root out bulbs; to nail. Palo puesto en la popa para colgar la red (*huki kupe9a*); fierro puntiagudo qu sirve para escarbar la tierra (Egt). (Fts)
East Futuna Suki Pierce, stick into (as hypodermic needle) (Bgs)
East Uvea Huki Pierce, spit (Rch)
Emae Suki/a Stab (Cpl)
Fijian Cuki/ta Loosen ground with a stick (Cpl)
Ifira-Mele Suki/a Pierce, stab (Clk)
Kapingamarangi Hugi Make a small hole in something (Lbr)
Luangiua Suʔi Pierce coconut for drinking (Smd)
Mangareva ʔUki Prick, pierce, stab. Enfoncer un petit bois; percer (éclair); décrocher quelque chose à l'aide d'une perche; faire allusion aux défauts d'autrui (Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Hiuki To make a small hole in a coconut in order to drink it (Krk)
Marquesas Huki Morceau de bois pointu pour percer les poulpes. Petits bâtons qui affermissent le faîte de la case; bois pointu dont on se sert pour la pêche (Dln)
Marquesas Huki/taʔa (MQN), huʔi/taʔa (MQS) Drageon, jet des plantes (Lch)
New Zealand Maori Huki/huki Roast on a spit (Wms)
New Zealand Maori Huki-a Transfix, spit; avenge death (Wms)
Nggela Suki To prick; to lance a boil, vaccinate, inject, bleed; to sew; to plug a small hole (Ray)
Nguna Suki Pierce (Stz)
Niue Huki Pierce, inject, prick, fork (v); cob (of corn), spike (of wheat). (Sph)
Nukuoro Sugi Pierce (slightly), stab (lightly), lance (e.g. boil) (Crl)
Pukapuka Yuki Pierce, stab (Sby)
Pukapuka Yuki/yuki Pry out, pick out, push out; sharp pointed stick used to poke in rock crevices when groping for fish (Bge)
Raʔivavae Huʔi To prick, perforate or transfix with a pointed instrument; ?? to twitch, hiccough, throb (Stn)
Rarotongan ʔUki Twitch, spasm (Bse)
Rennellese Suki Pierce, puncture, sting; plant (seeds or cuttings)... (Ebt)
Rotuman Suki Cut, gouge out, dig (Cwd)
Samoan Suʔi The stem of a cocoa-nut leaflet used as a fork (Prt)
Samoan Suʔi To thread on a string, as beads; to twist sugar cane leaf onto a reed, as in making thatch; to do needlework (Prt)
Samoan Suʔi To thread on a string, as beads; to twist sugar-cane leaf on to a reed, as in making thatch; to do needlework Uncertain Semantic Connection (Prt)
Sikaiana Suki Pierce, cut open (Dnr)
Sikaiana Suki/suki To peck, as chickens do; to eat, as insects do (Dnr)
Tahitian Hui To pierce, lance, or prick (Dvs)
Takuu Suki Insert pointed object into something: impale, pierce (esp. a coconut for drinking), prod for sea worms using a pointed stick, caulk a canoe by pushing koka fibres into joints; tuck in the loose folds of a laplap (Mle)
Tikopia Suki Stick in, penetrate, pierce (Fth)
Tokelau Hu/huki Thrust (something into something) (Sma)
Tokelau Huki Pierce, inject, probe; stick used for piercing or probing (e.g. for turtle eggs); sticks which pierce through the ridge thatching to hold roof thatching in place; syringe (Sma)
Tongan Huuki/a Pricked (Cwd)
Tuamotu Huki Pierce, spit (Stn)
Tuvalu Huki Pierce; test ground for turtle eggs with a stick; poke a stick through mats to hold them on ridge of house; sticks so used which go crosswise above *taualuga* and below *tilofa* (Rby)
Tuvalu Suki Horn, incisor, canine tooth (Jsn)
Tuvalu S/suki To stab; give an injection (Jsn)
Tuvalu Ma/suki/suki To pain, ache; to have stabbing pains; (of cold) biting (Jsn)
Tuvalu S/sui To sew Borrowed (Jsn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Uki/a Pierce, make a hole in (Hvn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Suki To stab Phonologically Irregular (Lch)
West Futuna A/uki To sew Phonologically Irregular (Cpl)
West Futuna Su/suki (WFU), sug/sugi (ANI) Comb for hair (single stick) (Cpl)
West Futuna Suki/a. Sugi-a (ANI)(Cpl). Pierce, stab, sew (Dty)
West Futuna Suk nifo Se curer les dents (Rve)
West Uvea Suki-a Percer; poignarder, piquer [Heo Dialect] (Hmn)
West Uvea Fe/suki (objet) Piquant (p.ex.: cactus) (Hmn)

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