Protoform: GATA.1B [CE] Sea-slug, slug etc

Description: Sea-slug, slug etc
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian
Notes:

*4 Cf. POC *mwata-mwata "generic for worms and worm-like creatures" (LPO IV:412).
*8 Note: Land snakes are not found east of Samoa.

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Hawaiian Naka A land-shell (Thaumatodon nesophila) and others (Pki)
Mangaia Ngata A reddish-brown beche-de-mer (Chn)
New Zealand Maori Ngata Snail, slug, leech (Wms)
Rarotongan Ngata An edible sea-slug (Bse)

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