Proto-Kui-Kuwi : *paŋ- (caus. *pak-)
Meaning : to be cracked; to split
Kui : panga (pangi-) "to be cracked, split, divided"
Kuwi (Fitzgerald) : pakhali "to gash"
Kuwi (Mahanti) : pāki "lath"
Kuwi (Israel) : pak- (-h-) "to cut open"
Additional forms : Also Kui papka (< pak-p-; pakt-) to split (tr.), crack, divide, break up the earth at a first ploughing; n. act of splitting, cleavage; paka a piece of stick or twig or bamboo used as a pin
Number in DED : 3808
