Protoform: FUE.1B [NP] Calabash-gourd (Lagenaria)
| Description: | Calabash-gourd (Lagenaria) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
| Notes: | *8 Note. "There is no evidence of a pre-European presence of the bottle gourd in western Polynesia or Fiji...However Lagenaria is known with certainty to have been present in eastern Polynesia, including Hawai`i and New Zealand, before European contact." (Whr.1990:119-20). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Island | Hue | Gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris; pumpkin | (Fts) |
| Hawaiian | Hue | Gourd, water calabash, any narrow-necked vessel for holding water | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | ʔUe | Plante: Lagenaria siceraria (Cucurbitacées); calebasse | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Hue | Gourde, bouteille, calebasse. Toute espèce de vase à large ouverture (Lch). | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Hue | Calabash gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris) | (Wms) |
| Nukuoro | Hue | The calabash or gourd | (Crn) |
| Raʔivavae | Hue | The gourd (Lagenaria vulgaris)...a container made of a gourd | (Stn) |
| Rapa | Hue | Basket (calabash, the only article of the sort) | (Grn) |
| Rarotongan | ʔUe | Gourd, calabash (Lagenaria vulgaris) | (Bse) |
| Tahitian | Hue | Calebasse; coloquinte qui produit ces calebasses (Lagenaria vulgaris, L. ciceraria) | (Lmt) |
| Tuamotu | Hue | Variety of gourd | (Stn) |
| Tupuaki | Hue | Gourd | (Atn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Hue potoe | Small spherical gourd grown on Tuleki...used as lime container... | (Lch) |
| West Uvea | Fue | Calabash (Leverd 1916) | (Hmn) |
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