Protoform: WASI [NP] To split: *wa((q)a)si

Description: To split: *wa((q)a)si
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian
Notes:

*0 << PN *fasi

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Easter Island Vahi Put apart, put aside, separate (Fts)
Easter Island A/vahi To break, crack, split, tear . Borrowed (Fts)
Easter Island ʔAvahi Split Phonologically Irregular (Wbr)
East Futuna Vasi/vasi Couper en morceaux (Mfr)
East Futuna Vasi Partager, diviser (Mfr)
Hawaiian Waahi To split (Pki)
Luangiua Vahi Split (Smd)
Mangareva Vaʔi Fendre, mettre en morceaux, partager, diviser (Rch)
Mangareva Vaa/vaaʔi Mettre en morceaux, briser; fendre, partager; tailler avec l'herminette des lattes en bûchant toute la longueur d'un arbre (Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Vaahi To split (Krk)
Marquesas Vahi Ouvrir, séparer en deux, briser en deux, s’entr’ouvrir, se déliter. Fendre en long (bois,poisson); split (wood, a fish); ouvrir, split open (fruit) (Atl). (Dln)
Marquesas Va/vahi Fendre, casser, mettre en pièces, détruire, démolir. Vider (animal, poisson); to gut (animal, fish) (Atl). (Lch)
Moriori Wa/wahi Split (Shd)
Moriori Wahi/i Break out (Shd)
New Zealand Maori Waa/waahi/ To split something lengthwise (Wms)
New Zealand Maori Waahi/a Split (pass.) (Bgs)
Penrhyn Vaahi To open, clear the way Phonologically Irregular (Sta)
Penrhyn Vaasi To split, open (Sta)
Penrhyn Va/vasi Break (e.g. a coconut) (Yda)
Pukapuka Vayi Split in two (e.g. a coconut) (Sby)
Pukapuka Vaayi/a Split (Sby)
Rarotongan Vaaʔi To break, split, share (Bse)
Rennellese Basi To slice, as cucumber or papaya (Ebt)
Sikaiana Vasi Cut off the root {uli} of taro {haahaa} in preparation for cooking and replanting (Dnr)
Tahitian Vaahi Fendre, ouvrir (des noix de coco, etc.); partager, diviser (Lmt)
Takuu Vasi/a Take a woman's virginity, deflower (Mle)
Takuu Vasi Split in half, cut lengthwise; cut a taro corm from its stalk; reap taro (pull it from the ground, cut off the corm, and replant the stalk) (Mle)

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