The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*pirit plait a cord, twist, wrap around

PMP pirit plait a cord, twist, wrap around

WMP
Hanunóo pírit twist, twisting
p<in>írit twisted (as of the fibers in a rope)
OC
Hawaiian hili to braid, plait, string, as a lei or Candlenuts; a braid, plaiting, string; to turn, deviate, wander, stray
Woleaian pili-pil tie, twist, fold, lash (as in twisting ropes)
Pohnpeian pir turn, spin, twist
Kosraean pihr-aki to braid, plait
pihr-ak a braid, a plait
Duke of York wir plait coconut leaves round trees to make them taboo
Label pir to plait, braid (as cords to make a net)
Gedaged pizi to weave (mats, sails, etc.), to braid, to knot (the strands of grass skirts, but usually is used)
Lakalai viri to constrict, as a python; be mixed up or twisted, of a child's speech; twist, wind up, wind around; too much, a great deal
e-viri a malevolent spirit which causes twisted limbs
Mono-Alu fili a made rope
Eddystone/Mandegusu viri plait, make a basket
Cheke Holo firi snarl, tangle (as fish in fishing line)
Bugotu firi bind, lap with string
Lau firi twist round, coil round; twist tobacco; tie up, tie up a door
Tuvaluan fili to string (as flowers or shells on a necklace); braid
ma-fili plaited
Kilivila vili to turn; to make grass skirts; be twisted
Kwaio filiʔ-ia tie up, fasten
filis-ia braid together
fili twist tobacco
Nggela vi-viri to bind, to tie; busy
virig-i wind round, of a creeper; put a hitch round, make a sail fast when reefing
viri bind round and round; puzzling, difficult; English twist tobacco
'Āre'āre hiriʔ-ia twist, entwine, tie, bind, with a vine; tighten a vine around the waist of a woman in order to provoke an abortion
Molima luluwe vili put headdress around head
vili roll a cigarette
Sa'a hiri to lap with string, bind spears or arrows
Motu hiri-a fasten by twisting round and round; tie up a parcel or bundle, twisting string all round it; to kill for visitors (as a pig)
Arosi hiri-hiri twist, twine round, coil (of a snake), wind a line round; a thread for tying a hook to a line
hiri twist, twine round, coil (of a snake), wind a line round
hiriʔ-i to twist, twine round, coil (of a snake), wind a line round
Tawala pili fold clothing, wind fishing line
Rennellese higi to braid, lash, twist; construct, build a nest
Rotuman hiri to plait three strands of sennit, hair, etc., and the "tail" of a basket or floor-mat made of coconut-leaf, this tail itself being called a
Mota vir to twist, wring, squeeze with a twist
we vir o tal plait a cord
Samoan fili-ŋa action of plaiting, plaited work
fili (of sennit, hair, etc.) plait, braid
ta-fili decorate, dress something by plaiting coconut or other leaves around it
Lonwolwol viri to plait (rope, etc.)
Niue fili to plait, to twist
Tongan plait, twist or plait two or more threads together; a plait of hair, or pigtail; pigtail-like part of a plaited basket
Tolai pir to plait, as a basket or mat
wir to plait, weave (as a mat)

POC piri-piri twine round and round; thing made by braiding

OC
Hawaiian hili-hili to braid, plait, string
Bugotu fii-firi to twine
Sa'a hiri-hiri a plaited spear
Arosi hiri-hiri a thread for tying a hook to a line
Rennellese haka-higi-higi wrap, lash, plait, as dolls for (magic)
Samoan fili-fili chain
Niue fili-fili a chain; to chain up, to handcuff