Protoform: FEKII.A [CE] A tree fern
| Description: | A tree fern |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
| Notes: |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian | Heii | A tree fern (Cibotum menziesii) (Bvr) | (Pki) |
| Hawaiian | Heeʔii | Papaya; a variety of sweet-potato (Pki) | (Pki) |
| Marquesas | Fekké | A species of fern, called by voyagers the Cabbage Tree | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | Pa/héi | (at Tahouatta) sometimes used for a species [of fern] generally called *pa* | (Crk) |
| Moriori | Whekii | Black fern-tree (Shd) | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Whekii | A tree fern sp. (Dicksonia squarrosa) | (Wms) |
| Rapa | Akii | A tree fern, Cyathea medullaris (Sks) | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | ʔEki | A fern tree (Smith 1898:175). (Cyathea spp.) (Whr) | (Whr) |
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