Protoform: FOTO [MP] Barb of stingray

Description: Barb of stingray
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian
Notes:

*2 PCP *voto "thorn, prickle; spike or spines of a fish" (LPO IV:135).
*4 Cf. POC *[poto]poto "pufferfish, porcupinefish" (LPO IV:126).
*4 POC *poto(k) "thorn, barb of stingray" (LPO III:125).
*5 PMP *beRtek "thorn, spear, barb" (ACD).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Foto Barb of stingray (Mfr)
East Uvea Foto Barb of stingray (Rch)
Fijian Voto Thorn (Cpl)
Fijian Voto/-ni-vai Skate thorn (Cpl)
Mangareva ʔOto Os vénimeux de certains grands poissons (autrefois on en armait les lances); flèche; bout pointu de la noix de coco; petits mâts montés au haut des mâts ordinaires (Rch)
Marquesas Hoto Dards de la raie (Dln)
New Zealand Maori Hoto Barb of stingray (Wms)
Niue Foto Kind of spear (Sph)
Niue Foto/foto Barbed (Sph)
Nuguria Hoto Barb of stingray (Dvl)
Nukuoro Hodo Barb of stingray (Crl)
Nukuoro Hoto A spine, thorn; to stab (Crn)
Penrhyn Hoto Sting, hard pointed object, barb in tail of sting ray (Sta)
Rarotongan ʔOto Sting of stingray (Bse)
Rennellese Hoto Barb, as on a stingray's tail (Ebt)
Rotuman Hofu Sting or piercer of Stingray (Cwd)
Samoan Foto Barb of stingray (Prt)
Sikaiana Hoto Sting of ray (Dnr)
Tahitian Hoto A sort of spear (Dvs)
Takuu Hoto Barb of a stingray (Mle)
Tongan Foto Barb of stingray (Cwd)
Vaeakau-Taumako Hoto Sting-ray, small type (Hvn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Foro Small stingray (juvenile?) (Lch)

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