Protoform: FENU [EC] An element in weaving: *fenu(u)
| Description: | An element in weaving: *fenu(u) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to EC: Ellicean |
| Notes: | *0 << NP *fenuqu |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mangareva | ʔEnu/ʔenu | Flexible, détendu, mou; mouvement du corps dans les danses Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Henu | Lanieres ou bandes pour natte, cordons | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Whenu | The weft threads in a cloak or plaited mat or basket | (Bgs) |
| New Zealand Maori | Whenu, wenu, whengu | Twist or spin a strand of cord; strand of a cord; warp of a flax garment | (Wms) |
| Penrhyn | Henu | Weft (in plaiting) | (Bck) |
| Pukapuka | Lau/enu | Element (plaiting) | (Bge) |
| Pukapuka | Taa/wenu | Plaiting element, ply of cordage; to add new elements in plaiting | (Bge) |
| Raʔivavae | Heŋu | Warp (the threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom and crossed by the woof); a cord, the strand of a cord; a tendon Phonologically Irregular | (Stn) |
| Raʔivavae | Hinu | A strand of cord or rope; the fibre of barkcloth or bast; to twist fibres into cord for net-making Phonologically Irregular | (Stn) |
| Rotuman | Henu | Husk of coconut Problematic | (Cwd) |
| Tahitian | Venu | The threads that are woven into a mat Phonologically Irregular | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Fenu | A single element in plaiting a basket | (Hdy) |
| Tuamotu | Henu | Splice on; fibres of the haaveke | (Stn) |
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