Protoform: HINAGA [OC] Fish sp., whitebait

Description: Fish sp., whitebait
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic
Notes:

*1 Cf. PN *hina 'fish with lights'

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Easter Island Inaŋa Heart (archaic) Uncertain Semantic Connection (Wbr)
Fijian Cigana Whitebait (Nadrogaa dialect) (Bgs)
Hawaiian Hinana Young of `oo`opu, a fish (Pki)
Mangareva Inaga Nom d'un petit poisson (plus connu de nos jours) (Rch)
Marquesas Inaka, einaka, ainaka (MQN), einana (MQS) Tout petit poisson d'eau douce, ou qui y remonte (Dln)
New Zealand Maori Inanga Whitebait (Wms)
Raʔivavae Inaŋa A variety of very small fish or fry that swarm at certain seasons (now said only of maemae, the fry of the morava) (Stn)
Rarotongan ʔInanga Whitebait (Bse)
Roviana Ziŋana A very small fish resembling whitebait (Whe)
Samoan Inaga Whitebait of Eleotris sp (Prt)
Tahitian (E)inaa The small fry of the fresh water fish called oopu... (Dvs)
Tahitian Inaʔa Alevins de `oo`opu [famille des Gobidae], petits poissons (Lmt)

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