Protoform: FELO.1 [EO] A colour, yellow
| Description: | A colour, yellow |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to EO: Eastern Oceanic |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PN *melo "red/brown" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Pe/pero | Light-coloured hair. Lightish brown (used to describe the color of hair which has just started to be bleached with lime) (Fbg). | (Yen) |
| East Futuna | Fe/felo/ | Yellow | (Bgs) |
| Easter Island | Hero/hero | Crimson, red, carmine | (Fts) |
| Emae | Fero/fero | Yellow | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Helo | Red | (Pki) |
| Lau | Felo | Bleached (of the skin) | (Ivs) |
| Luangiua | Helo | Yellow | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Ko/ʔeero | Etoffe teinte en couleur jaune | (Rch) |
| Moriori | Whero | Crimson | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Whero | A colour, red, orange (said of raataa flowers, ripe karaka berries) | (Bgs) |
| Nuguria | Falo | Yellow | (Ths) |
| Nukumanu | Sselo | Yellow Phonologically Irregular | (Tpi) |
| Rennellese | Hegohego | Be yellow | (Ebt) |
| Sikaiana | H/helo | Yellow, tawny | (Dnr) |
| Sikaiana | F/felo | Yellow, tawny | (Dnr) |
| Takuu | F/felo/ | Yellow, orange | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Fero | Tawny, yellow, brown, brown-red; applied esp. to ripening fruits | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Felo/felo | Yellowish | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Hero | Become red | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Fe/felo | Yellow; pale complexioned | (Rby) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Helo | Yellow | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Fero | Yellow | (Dty) |
| West Uvea | Melo | Yellow | (Hmn) |
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