The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

*poki clear the ground for a garden site

POC poki clear the ground for a garden site

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Tanga pok palaŋ to clear clumps of bamboo and other low scrub from a garden site
pok to cut down or cut off (something), and by extension to ‘construct’ (something) with that which has been cut off
Simbo poki clear ground; garden, clearing
Pokau voi gardening (generally); clear garden in grassland after burning