Protoform: GATA.1A [OC] (Land) snake

Description: (Land) snake
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic
Notes:

*4 POC *mwata "snake (generic)" (LPO IV:259).
*7 PBN *muata "snake" (Lvy. 1979).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Gata Serpent (Mfr)
Emae Gata Snake (Cpl)
Fijian Gata Snake (Cpl)
Hawaiian Naka Sea-creature; a land-shell (Thaumatodon nesophila) and others (Pki)
Lau Ngwaa Maggot, worm, snake (Ivs)
Luangiua ʔAka Tessellated reef eel Problematic (Smd)
Luangiua Aka Snake Phonologically Irregular (Smd)
Mangaia Ngata A reddish-brown beche-de-mer (Chn)
New Zealand Maori Ngata Snail, slug, leech (Wms)
Niue Gata Snake (Sph)
Nuguria Kata Snake (generic); also sea eels and intestinal worms Phonologically Irregular (Dvl)
Rarotongan Ngata An edible sea-slug. (Bse)
Rennellese Ngata Pacific Boa (Enygrus carinatus); general term for snakes... (Ebt)
Samoan Gata Snake (Prt)
Takuu Kata Moray Eel, snake, tapeworm and other similar parasites Phonologically Irregular (Mle)
Tokelau Gata Snake (Sma)
Tongan Ngata Snake (Cwd)
Vaeakau-Taumako Ngata Snake (Hvn)
Waya Gwata Land snake (Ply)
West Futuna Gata Land snake (Dty)

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