Protoform: HOGAHOGA.A [FJ] Nettle (Laportea interrupta) or other stinging plant *hog(a,o)hog(a,o)

Description: Nettle (Laportea interrupta) or other stinging plant *hog(a,o)hog(a,o)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to FJ: Fijic
Notes:

*0 >> CE *ogaoga "biting insect"

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Ongongo A small plant capable of producing severe itching for a short time (Fbg)
East Uvea Hogohogo Ortie Borrowed (Btn)
Marquesas Okaoka Espece d'ortie (Dln)
Marquesas ʔAu okaoka Ortie, plante de la famille des urticacées (Lch)
Marquesas Ókáoka (NKH), onaóna Stinging nettles (Crk)
New Zealand Maori Ongaonga A nettle (Urtica ferox) (Wms)
Nggela Hongo/lato A tree nettle (Fox)
Niue Hogohogo, ogoogo Weed sp. (Laportea interrupta) (Sph)
Pukapuka Ongoongo A small weed (Chamaesyce prostrata) (Whr)
Rennellese Ongoongo A kind of nettle (? Acalypha boehmerioides) (Ebt)
Samoan Ogoogo A nettle (Laportea interrupta) (Whr)
Tikopia Ungaunga Bush nettle (Laportea interrupta) Phonologically Irregular (Fth)
Tokelau Ogo/hia Be hurt, feel pain (Sma)
Tongan Hongohongo Nettle (Laportea interrupta); also (Acalypha lanceolata) (Whr)
Tongan Hongohongo A kind of nettle (Urticaceae) (Cwd)
Tuamotu Oŋaoŋa (Fleurya ruderalis), (Adenostema viscosum) (Stn)
Tuvalu Ogoogo Small herb (Acalypha grandis) (Rby)
Tuvalu Ogogo Small herb used for fertilizer for taro crops (Acalypha grandis) (Jsn)

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