Protoform: GAA-LAFU [NP] Charcoal

Description: Charcoal
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian
Notes:

*0 >> MQ *raagahu
*1 Cf. PN *ma-gaalafu "hearth", *refu "ashes"
*4 POC *rapu(R) "hearth, fireplace; ashes" (LPO I:59,147, II:73).
*5 PMP *dabuk "asche, staub, grausein" (Dpf. 1938). PMP *dapuR "Herd [hearth, fireplace]" (Dpf. 1938).
*6 PAN, PMP *dapuR "hearth, fireplace"
*7 PBN *ravu "ashes" (Lvy. 1979).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Easter Island ŋarahu White powder or dust used in tattooing (Fts)
Easter Island ʔArahu Charcoal Borrowed (Wbr)
Luangiua ŋaaŋahu Hearth in house Problematic (Smd)
Luangiua ŋalehu Charcoal Phonologically Irregular (Smd)
Mangareva Garaʔu Charbon de bois (Rch)
Marquesas Kaʔahu (MQN), ʔaʔahu (MQS) Charbon, charbonné. Noir de fumée, suie (Dln) (Lch)
Marquesas Ta/kaʔahu Faire cuire sur la braise (Lch)
Marquesas Kaʔahu ahi (MQN), ʔanahu ahi (Ua Huka, Fatu Hiva) Braise, embers (Chf)
Marquesas Kaʔahu (MQN), ʔarahu (MQS) Charbon, charcoal (Chf)
Moriori Ngarehu Charcoal (Shd)
New Zealand Maori Ngaarahu Charcoal (Wms)
New Zealand Maori Ngaarehu Charcoal (Wms)
Penrhyn Ngaarahu Charcoal (Sta)
Raʔivavae ŋaarahu Charcoal (Stn)
Rapa Ngaraʔu Fire (the common word today) (Sks)
Rarotongan Ngaaraʔu Charcoal (Bse)
Tahitian ʔAarahu Charbon (Lmt)
Takuu Naa nafu Encrusted layers of greyish ash residue in a hearth; dust Phonologically Irregular (Mle)
Takuu Nafu Ashes (Hwd)
Tokelau Gaalafu Fireplace (Sma)
Tuamotu ŋaarahu Charcoal (Stn)

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