Protoform: ALI.1 [OC] Flatfish, flounder (Bothus spp.)

Description: Flatfish, flounder (Bothus spp.)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic
Notes:

*1 Cf. CE *paa-tiki
*2 PCP *(y)ali "flatfish" (Gty).
*4 POC *[l]alali "flatfish incl. flounders, soles" (LPO IV:118).
*41 PCEMP *alali "halibut, flounder"
*8 Note. "This word has been lost in Eastern Polynesian and replaced by a number of different forms" (Hpr.1994)

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Ari Flounder (Hpr)
East Futuna Ali Flatfish, flounder ; sole tropicale (Bothus mancus) [Broussonet] (Bgs)
East Uvea Ali General term for Bothidae (lefteye flounders) (Rch)
Emae A(a)ri Flatfish (Cpl)
Ifira-Mele M/ari Fish sp (Clk)
Luangiua Ali Flat fish (Smd)
New Zealand Maori Ari Small shark (Wms)
Niuatoputapu Ali Flatfish (Dye)
Niue Ali A flat fish, flounder (Bothus mancus) (Sph)
Nukuoro H/ali/halibaa Flatfish (Crl)
Pukapuka Ali Left-eye Flounder (Bothus mancus) (Hpr)
RaŹ”ivavae Ari A variety of fish; it somewhat resembles a spineless hedgehog fish Uncertain Semantic Connection (Stn)
Rennellese Agi General name for flatfishes, flounders, soles etc (Ebt)
Samoan Ali Flatfish (Prt)
Sikaiana Ali Flatfish (Dnr)
Takuu Ari Flounder, flatfish of various species (Mle)
Tokelau Ali Left-eye Flounder (Bothus mancus) (Sma)
Tongan Ali Flatfish, flounder (Cwd)
Tuvalu Ali Fish sp., Flounder (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Ali Flatfish (Hvn)
West Futuna Ari Flounder (Dty)
West Uvea Ali Poisson plat; sole (Hmn)

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