Protoform: FUA.3A [AN] Fruit; to bear fruit; egg

Description: Fruit; to bear fruit; egg
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to AN: Austronesian
Notes:

*0 >> ? PN *ma-fua "seasonal food", CE *fua-tuu "banana var."
*3 PEO *pua(q) "fruit" (Bgs. 1965)
*4 POC *puaq "fruit; generic for fruit as a part of plants, the seed, and its envelope; to bear fruit" (LPO III:115)
*5 PAN *buaq "fruit" (ACD).
*7 PBN *vua "fruit" (Lvy. 1979).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Pua Fruit. Often used specifically to denote betel nut; any plant that bears a fruit; to fruit; one's child (Fbg) (Yen)
Anuta Pua/i Egg (Fbg)
East Futuna Fua Fruit, bear fruit (Mfr)
East Uvea Fua Fruit (Rch)
Easter Island Hua To bloom, sprout, flower, fruit (Chl)
Emae Fua Fruit, egg (Cpl)
Fijian Vua Fruit (Cpl)
Hawaiian Hua Fruit (Pki)
Ifira-Mele Fua Fruit; kidney (Clk)
Kapingamarangi Hua Fruit of (Lbr)
Lau Fua Fruit, nut (Ivs)
Luangiua Hua Fruit (Smd)
Luangiua Hua Fruit, egg (Hbn)
Luangiua Kamaa/hua Berry (Smd)
Mangareva ʔUʔa Bear fruit. Produire (arbres, graines); être abondant. Phonologically Irregular (Rch)
Mangareva Te/ʔua/ʔua Etre entièrement planté, ensemencé (se dit d'un terrain) (Rch)
Mangareva Ua/ga Fleuraison; abondance de fruits Phonologically Irregular (Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Hua raakau Fruit (Krk)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Hua Bear fruit (Osn)
Marquesas Hua To fruit. Pousser des fleurs, porter des fruits. Fructifier (Atl). (Dln)
Moriori Hu Fruit, bear fruit; abound (Shd)
Moriori Hu manu Egg (Shd)
Mota Woa/i Fruit (Cdn)
Motu Hua/hua Fruit (Lst)
New Zealand Maori Hua Fruit, bear fruit; abundance (Wms)
New Zealand Maori Hua/hua Birds captured for food Problematic (Wms)
Nggela Vua Fruit (Fox)
Niuafoʔou Fua Fruit (Dye)
Niuafoʔou Fua/ʔiʔakau Fruit (on tree) (Gry)
Niue Fua Fruit, bear fruit (Sph)
Nuguria Hua Egg, fruit (of tree), roe, ovum; (tree) bear fruit (Dvl)
Nuguria Hua-rakau Flower (Pkn)
Nuguria Te hua te rakau Blüte (Ths)
Nuguria Hua/hoe Kidney (of turtle) (Dvl)
Nukumanu Hua Fruit; produce fruit (pl. hhua) (Trt)
Nukuoro Hua Bear fruit (Crl)
Nukuoro Hua manu Fruit (Crl)
Penrhyn Hua Egg, fruit; to bear fruit (Sta)
Pukapuka Wua Egg; seed; taro bed of a single person in communally owned taro land (Bge)
Rarotongan ʔUa Fruit (Bse)
Rennellese Hua Fruit, nut, seed, bulbil, berry, egg (Ebt)
Rotuman Hue Fruit (Cwd)
Saʔa Hue/hue Fruit (Ivs)
Samoan Fua Fruit (Prt)
Takuu Hua Egg (of bird, fish, turtle, lizard, spider); piece of fruit (Mle)
Tikopia Fua Fruit (n); to fruit (Fth)
Tikopia Fue/i Egg, egg-shaped object (Fth)
Tokelau Fua Fruit (Sma)
Tongan Fua Fruit (Cwd)
Tongan Fua Fruit, blossom; bearing fruit (Mar)
Tuamotu Hua Fruit (Stn)
Tuvalu Fua Fruit, egg, bear fruit (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Hua Seed, fruit, ball, egg, flower ; flower, fruit, egg; to bear fruit (Grn)
West Futuna Fua Fruit (includes nuts and berries); to fruit, come to fruition (Dty)
West Uvea Fua Fruit; porter des fruits/graines (Hmn)

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