Protoform: GASU.2 [OC] A seaside shrub (Scaevola sp.)

Description: A seaside shrub (Scaevola sp.)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic
Notes:

*4 POC *na[su]-nasu "Scaevola taccada" (LPO III:142)
*1 Cf. PCE *nau-pata

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Ngau A plant (Scaevola taccada) (Fbg)
East Futuna Gasu A seaside plant (Bgs)
East Uvea Gahu Nom d'un arbrisseau (Scaevola sp.) ; Scaevola koenigi (Myr)
Emae Gasu Tree sp. (Cpl)
Luangiua ŋasu Tree sp. used for housebuilding (Smd)
Luangiua Lua/ŋasu Scaevola taccada (Tbs)
Luangiua Lu/ŋasu Bush with white berries (Smd)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Ngahiu Shrub sp. (bark used to plug lashing holes) (Bck)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Ngaihu Tree (Sve)
Niue Gahu Shrub sp. (Cyrtandra samoensis) (Sph)
Niue Gahu paa Shrub sp. (Scaevola taccada) (Sph)
Penrhyn Ngasu An erect to prostrate shrub (Scaevola sericea) ; Scaevola frutescens (Whr)
Pukapuka Ngayu A tree (Scaevola sericea) (Whr)
Rarotongan Nga(nga)ʔu An erect to prostrate littoral plant (Scaevola sericea) (Whr)
Samoan Gasu A tree (Palaquium sp.) (Prt)
Sikaiana Nasu Plant species (salt bush?) - used as medicine for scabies, or for decoration (Dnr)
Takuu Nasu Shrub sp. with small flowers (Scaevola sericia or Scaevola taccada)... (Mle)
Tikopia Ngasu A shrub (Scaevola sp.); Grows near shore; white odourless flower (Fth)
Tokelau Gahu A littoral shrub (Scaevola sericea) (Whr)
Tongan Ngahu Bush that grows on beach (Scaevola sp.) (Cwd)
Tuvalu Gahu Saltbush (Scaevola taccada) (Rby)

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