ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online

*CuSuR string together, as beads

PAN CuSuR string together, as beads ⇫ ¶

Form.
Kavalan	tusuR	threading of beads, etc.
Bunun	ma-tusul	to string together, as flowers
Paiwan	tsusu	a cord for stringing something on (as beads, millet)

PMP tuhuR stringing of beads, skewering of fish, etc. ⇫ ¶

WMP
Itbayaten	too-tohoy	running stitch
Tagalog	túhog	a stringing together of things, piercing through them to hold them
Hanunóo	túhug	stringing of beads or similar objects
	pa-nuhúg-an	beads, literally 'that which is used for being strung'
Tboli	tool	thread on which beads are strung; to string beads into a necklace
Aklanon	t-in-uhog-an	pierced ears (for earrings)
	túhog	pierce, pass or cut through, penetrate
Cebuano	túhug	pierce through with a string (as pearls for a necklace), a stake (as a fish impaled on a harpoon), or something else, hang something on something long
Maranao	tog	pass something through a hole
Tausug	mag-tuhug	to string (something, as fish or beads)
Sangir	tuheʔ	string things together
Bikol	túhog	to string (as beads); to skewer, place on a stick; to impale
CMP
Rembong	tur	to string (beads)
Manggarai	tur	to string, as beads on a thread; to stitch (a mat); to pile up (stones)
Ngadha	tu	to put in, insert (as firewood in a fire); pierce; to thread (a needle)
Tetun	tuu	the spike of a fish's dorsal fin, any sharp object capable of pricking the skin; to prod, to poke, to touch with the point of a finger, or any other object for prodding
SHWNG
Numfor	kur	to string (as beads)

POC tuRi₁ to string (beads, fish, etc.); to skewer (candlenuts, etc.) ⇫ ¶

OC
Hawaiian	kui	to string pierced objects, as flowers in a lei, or fish; to thread, as beads; needle, pin, spike, nail, screw, any pointed instrument of wood or metal; to sting
Nukuoro	dui	stab with a sharp object, pierce with a sharp object, sew, string (flowers or fish, etc.); straight course (of a canoe)
Kapingamarangi	dui	to sew; to patch; pierce with an object; skewer; to spill; to insert an extra leaflet in mat plaiting
Tuvaluan	tui	thread on string (as fish); stab; pierce
Motu	turi-a	plait an armlet; sew; string fish together
Magori	turi	to thread, sew
Rennellese	tui	bone, as of whale; awl or stick used as an awl; to string together, as fish, beads, coconuts; to sew, as a seine or mat; eat with a coconut-leaf midrib; fork; to be sharp; to insert, stick in or through
Rotuman	fui-ʔaki	to string together, make a necklace or garland
	fui	single piece of Rotuman necklace or garland
Samoan	tui	stab, jab; prick, pick (with a fork, etc.); (of insect, etc.) sting; (of horse) spur; given an injection, inject; thread something through (as thread through a needle)
Fijian	tui-tui vaka	string together
	tui	lift up with a string
Niue	tui	to sew; to pierce (with a needle or other sharp point); to wear, to put on clothes
Tongan	tui	put in, insert, e.g. hand into pocket, or thread into needle; to thread (needle, beads, etc.); make by threading (as a necklace); to stab, pierce, gore; thing for threading with, such as the small forked stick used for threading sennit when reeding a house; put on, wear (clothes)
Rarotongan	tui	to sew, join or fasten together with a needle or thread; thread a wreath; thread shells into a neck or head ornament; thread or join up candlenut kernels on the mid-rib of the coconut frond; to pierce
Maori	tui	pierce; thread on a string; lace, fasten by passing a cord through holes; sew; put the hand or arm through a loop, pass the arm through another person's arm; string on which anything is threaded
Tolai	tur	to pierce, as a spear or arrow; to perforate, bore through

PAN CuSuR-en be strung, be skewered ⇫ ¶

Form.
Bunun	tusul-un	to string
WMP
Itbayaten	tohy-en	to needle the stems of the leaves of tobacco to dry
	tohoy-en	pierce or prick through something
Bikol	tuhóg-on	be strung (as beads), skewered, placed on a stick, impaled

PAN C<um>uSuR to string beads, etc. ⇫ ¶

Form.
Kavalan	t-m-usuR	to thread beads, etc.
Paiwan	ts-m-usu	to string (beads)

Reconstructions

PAN	CuSuR	string together, as beads
PMP	tuhuR	stringing of beads, skewering…
POC	tuRi₁	to string (beads, fish,…
PAN	CuSuR-en	be strung, be skewered
PAN	C<um>uSuR	to string beads, etc.

Note

Also Itbayaten ni-tohey ‘held together by passing an instrument (as tatari) through the things to be cooked’, tohey-en ‘pass through a hole (as a needle)’, Casiguran Dumagat tuhók ‘to string together, to thread on a string; pierce through, put a spit through pieces of meat (as to string fish on a line, or beads on thread)’, Sangir tuheʔ ‘string together’, Mongondow tuog ‘bead, beadwork’, mo-tuog ‘to string, as beads on a thread’, Bare'e tua ‘string on a line (as beads), skewer on a stick (as fish)’.

Zorc (n.d.) proposed PPh *tuheR ‘pass through a hole; string (beads); spit (meat)’. The fundamental idea expressed by PAn *CuSuR and its typical reflexes is that of connecting a series of similar objects by stringing or skewering. The prototypical object for stringing was beads, which were strung into necklaces, while that for skewering probably was fish, which were skewered for roasting. The loss of the medial consonant of this form through regular sound change produced a canonically anomalous monosyllabic content word in some languages, and it was perhaps in response to this situation that the POc transitive suffix *-i was reanalyzed as part of the stem.