Protoform: TUAHI [CP] Coconut grater
| Description: | Coconut grater |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CP: Central Pacific |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. TA *tua-tuai "bivalve mollusc sp." |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Tuvai | Coconut grater | (Bgs) |
| Fijian | Tuasa | A bivalve pos. Arca sp | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Kuai | Scrape, grind | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Tuasi | Shellfish sp. used for scraping; cocnut shredder (of shell) | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Duai | Stool for grating coconuts | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Ku(u)ai | Coconut grater | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Kuʔai. Kuai (Hbn). | Stool Phonologically Irregular | (Smd) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Kau/tuai | Stand grater | (Bck) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Tuai | Hand grater | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Tuai | Râpe pour le coco, fer dentelé | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Tuangi, huangi, huu(w)ai, etc. | Bivalve molluscs: cockle (Chione stutchburyi), (Protothaca crassicosta) Phonologically Irregular | (Wms) |
| Niuatoputapu | Tuʔahi | Bivalve sp. (Laevicardium biradiata) Phonologically Irregular | (Dye) |
| Nuguria | Tu/tuai | Scraper (for copra) | (Ray) |
| Nuguria | Tuai | Coconut grater | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Tuai | Bench | (Trt) |
| Nukuoro | Duai | Coconut grater | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Tuè | Coconut shredding shell; spoon | (Lmt) |
| Penrhyn | Tuai | Coconut grater | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Tuai | Coconut grater | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Tuai | Ancient type of grater | (Sve) |
| Rennellese | Tuai | Spoon for grating coconuts | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Tuai | Coconut grater | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Tuai | A small species of cockle | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Tuai | Wooden three-legged stool for grating coconut; coconut-grater commonly used as a stool itself | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Tuei | Coconut grater | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Tuahi | Kind of shellfish | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Tuuai | Grate | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Tuai | Coconut grater | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Tuai | Coconut grater | (Grn) |
| Waya | Tuaci | Bivalve shellfish taxon. Certain spp. with heavily-ribbed shells, prob. Ark shells (Arcidae) | (Ply) |
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