ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online

*Culi deaf

PAN Culi deaf ⇫ ¶

Form.
Papora	suli	deaf
Thao	kun-lhuri	be suddenly deafened, as by a very loud noise
	ma-lhuri	hard of hearing, deaf

PMP tuli₁ earwax; deaf ⇫ ¶

WMP
Ivatan	tido	earwax
Ivatan (Isamorong)	tido	earwax
Itbayaten	tilo	earwax, cerumen
Tagalog	tu-tulí	earwax
Hanunóo	túli	ear
Masbatenyo	tulí	earwax
Aklanon	pa-nulí	to clean one’s ears (of ear wax)
	tulí	ear wax; ear drainage
Agutaynen	toli-toli	earwax
	toli-toli-en	to clean the earwax out of the ears
Hiligaynon	a-tu-túli	earwax
Cebuano	a-tulí	earwax; materials like earwax; a yellow paste, tobacco tars; yellow, hardened grease sticking in corners of machinery
	hin-a-tulí	instrument for getting earwax out
Binukid	tuli	earwax
	pa-nuli	remove wax from one’s ears
Maranao	toli-toli	earwax
Manobo (Western Bukidnon)	tuliy-en	have a running ear infection
	tuli	cerumen
Gayō	mu-tuli	deaf
Iban	tuliʔ	deaf; ear-wax
Malay	tuli	deaf; usually (but not invariably) stone-deaf, in contrast to pekak (hard of hearing)
Dampelas	an-tuliʔ	earwax
Mongondow	tuli-an	to have ear wax
	tuli	earwax
Ampibabo-Lauje	tai nu tuliʔ	earwax
Tae'	ka-tuli-ŋ	earwax
Kulisusu	culi	earwax
Muna	ka-tuli	something used to clean out one’s ears or nose
	tuli	clean out (ear, nose), scratch in
Popalia	tuli	ear
Old Javanese	kapa-tuli	be deafened (temporarily) by a loud noise
	tuli	deaf
	tuli-tuli	pretend not to hear?
Sasak	tuliʔ	earwax
Bikol	tulí	earwax
Proto-Bungku-Tolaki	tuli	earwax
Bikol	hiŋ-tuli-ón	to clean wax from the ears
CMP
Li'o	tuli	earwax
Wetan	tili	deaf

POC tuli₁ deaf; ear-wax ⇫ ¶

OC
Hawaiian	kuli	deafness, deaf person; deaf; noisy
	hoʔo-kuli	deaf; to feign deafness; (fig.) disobey, be disobedient
Kapingamarangi	loŋo duli	deaf (lit. ‘hearing deaf’)
Eddystone/Mandegusu	tuli	wax in the ear
Tuvaluan	tuli	deaf
Kilivila	tuli	deaf
Anuta	tu-turi	deaf
Rennellese	tugi-aŋa	deafness
	tugi	be deaf, hard of hearing
Rotuman	fuli	to be deaf
Mota	tul	wax in the ear
Samoan	tu-tuli	deaf
	faʔa-taliŋa tuli	turn a deaf ear
Futunan	tuli ~ tulituli	deaf
Niue	teliŋa tuli	deaf
Tongan	tuli	deaf
	teʔe-tuli	wax in the ear ( = ‘excrement’, in compounds)
Rarotongan	tariŋa turi	the condition of being deaf or hard of hearing; obstinacy, stubbornness
	turi	deafness, the state or condition of being deaf; deaf, dull of hearing or unable to hear at all
Maori	turi	deaf; obstinate
	turi-turi	noisy
	whaka-tu-turi	turn a deaf ear to, be obstinate, be unyielding

Reconstructions

PAN	Culi	deaf
PMP	tuli₁	earwax; deaf
POC	tuli₁	deaf; ear-wax

Note

Also Mbula tiili ‘earwax’, Nggela taliŋa ni kuli ‘wax in the ear’, kuli ‘ear’ (with irregular *t > k, and reanalysis of original taliŋa ‘ear’ as ‘cerumen, earwax’. This form seems clearly to have meant ‘cerumen, earwax’ in PMP, as it is in competition with better candidates for the meaning ‘deaf’ (as *beŋel). The shift from ‘cerumen’ to ‘deaf’ appears to have occurred more than once, presumably because of a cultural belief that deafness may be caused by an excess accumulation of earwax.