ACD - Austronesian Comparative Dictionary Online

*tutuŋ to ignite, set fire to

PMP tutuŋ to ignite, set fire to ⇫ ¶

WMP
Casiguran Dumagat	tutuŋ	crust (of the burnt rice caked in the bottom of a pot)
Tagalog	tutóŋ	burnt rice sticking to the bottom of a pot
Chamorro	totŋ-e	ignite (a fire)
Manobo (Western Bukidnon)	tutuŋ	of fire, to burn something
Lun Dayeh	nutuŋ	set a fire to burn farmland
	t<in>utuŋ	was torched or burned by someone
	tutuŋ	burning of the farmland; the field or farm burned
Merap	tutuə̯	to set on fire
Sangir	ma-nutuŋ	to burn
	ka-nutuŋ	a burning brand
Toba Batak	tar-tutuŋ	to be or become burned
	ma-nutuŋ	to burn something
Karo Batak	nutuŋ-nutuŋ-i	to burn a body, cremate
	nutuŋ	to scorch or single something with fire, to burn
Basap	nutuŋ	to burn
Bukat	t-nutoŋ	to burn
Tontemboan	tutuŋ	flicker, shine; put some in or near a fire in order to light it
Mongondow	mo-nutuŋ	to burn, as incense on glowing coals
Kayan	tutuŋ	burned up, consumed by fire (as swidden farmland, or a house)
	nutuŋ	to burn
Ma'anyan	tutuŋ	to burn
Tae'	tutuŋ-i	to put something close to a fire so that it will ignite
	tutuŋ	put in the fire; burning of wood, etc.
Proto-Minahasan	tutuŋ	kindle, set alight
Proto-Sangiric	tutuŋ	to burn
CMP
Fordata	n-tutun	light a lamp, cigarette, etc.
Yamdena	n-tutun	to light with a flame
Rembong	tutuŋ	light (a torch, cigarette)
Manggarai	tutuŋ	to light (a fire, lamp), to burn (cigarettes)
OC
Hawaiian	kun-i	to burn, blaze, kindle, scorch, sear, brand; to etch in leather
Lakalai	tutu	to heat stones for cooking
Motu	tutu	a piece of fire-stick
Rennellese	tutu	to ignite, set on fire, kindle, light; to burn, as iodine on a wound; to burn sick persons, as on head or back with a hot stone to thin tapa rope to cure illnesses or in mourning; to wound feelings
Rotuman	fufu	to light, kindle; to burn (lime)
Samoan	tutu	(of lamp, fire, etc.) to light
Makatea	tuŋ-ia	to burn
Fijian	tutu	to light a lamp, set fire to a thing
Niue	tuŋ-i	to kindle, to light a fire or lamp; to burn
Tongan	tutu	to light a lamp or a pipe, to set on fire, or to burn up (rubbish, etc.); you the firewood, but you (make or light) the fire
Maori	tuŋ-i-tuŋ-i	kindle
	tutuŋ-i ~ tuŋ-i	set light to, kindle, burn

PMP tutuŋ-an flaming, on fire ⇫ ¶

WMP
Basap	tutuŋ-an	aflame
Mongondow	tutuŋ-an	volcano
OC
Rennellese	tutuŋ-a	burning
Samoan	tutuŋ-a	the lighting of something; the process of preparing lamp-black from the smoke of burning candle nuts, used as a pigment for bark cloth

Reconstructions

PMP	tutuŋ	to ignite, set fire to
PMP	tutuŋ-an	flaming, on fire

Note

The meaning of this word cannot easily be pinned down. In some languages the general sense of ‘to burn’ is dominant, but this is usually a secondary sense. Rather, the primary meaning appears to be to set fire to something. As shown in the Tongan gloss, this is different from kindling a fire (starting a fire from scratch), as it presupposes that a fire already exists that is then applied to something else so that the fires spreads, either in a highly contained way, as in lighting a lamp, or in a more general way, as in burning fields in swidden agriculture.