Protoform: AO.2 [NP] A dry or fleshless coconut
| Description: | A dry or fleshless coconut |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapingamarangi | Aa | Coconut with less meat than expected | (Lbr) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Ao/a | Dry, immature young coconut | (Bck) |
| Nukumanu | Aa-moko | Long, deformed nut. | (Hwd) |
| Nukumanu | Ao | Deformed coconut | (Hwd) |
| Nukuoro | Ao/a | Misshapen fruit. | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Aao/a | Undergrown and malformed coconut fruit that has no inner shell and contains neither flesh nor water Problematic | (Sta) |
| Rennellese | Ao | Ivory Nut; narrow. | (Ebt) |
| Sikaiana | Ao | A fruit with no flesh inside. A green coconut that does not have any water inside; (fig.) a child that does not grow very well (Dnr). | (Sps) |
| Tahitian | O/ao | A cocoanut that has no water or kernel | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | O/ao/ao | An old empty cocoanut | (Dvs) |
| Takuu | Aa/moko | Early stage of coconut growth: small, some elongated, with no liquid inside; [of coconut] deformed with no meat or water | (Mle) |
| Tokelau | Ao | Grossly malformed coconut with no juice or meat | (Sma) |
| Tuvalu | Ao | Liquidless coconut | (Rby) |
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