Protoform: FUGA.3 [AN] Flower

Description:	Flower
Reconstruction:	Reconstructs to AN: Austronesian
Notes:	4 POC pu9a "flower, blossom" (LPO III:112) 5 PMP bu9a "flower, blossom; to flower, bear flowers; yield a benefit (as interest on a loan); first-born child; cotton; vulva (refined or evasive), skin rash, prickly heat; speckled (of fish); kidneys" (ACD). 6 PAN bu9a "flower, blossom (ACD).

Pollex entries:

Language	Reflex	Description	Source
Luangiua	Puŋa	Coconut flower, coconut seeds Phonologically Irregular	(Smd)
Nukuoro	Hungahunga-nui	Flower of the coconut tree	(Crl)
Nukuoro	Hunga	A flower	(Crn)
Samoan	Fuga	Flower, blossom	(Prt)
Sikaiana	Puna	The frond or blossom of a cutnut tree (tukuhala) Phonologically Irregular	(Dnr)
Takuu	Puna	Coconut bud Phonologically Irregular	(Mle)
Tokelau	Fuga	Flower, blossom	(Sma)

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