Protoform: KA-RAPA [CE] To flash, be flashing

Description:	To flash, be flashing
Reconstruction:	Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian
Notes:	1 Cf. PPN lapa.2 "flash (of light)", PCE ka-napa "flash, glitter, sparkle". 8 Note. 1. PUK considered to be borrowed on distributional grounds. MQA from *kanapa and not as Marck suggested in his dissertation an irregularity.

Pollex entries:

Language	Reflex	Description	Source
Hawaiian	ʔAalapa	Athletic, active Uncertain Semantic Connection	(Pki)
Marquesas	Keapa. Keʔapa (Atl).	Luisant, brillant, éclairé; reluire, briller. Scintiller, twinkle (Atl). Phonologically Irregular	(Dln)
New Zealand Maori	Karapa/rapa	Flashing	(Wms)
Niue	Kalopa	To glitter Problematic	(Sph)
Pukapuka	Kalapa	To flash Problematic	(Bge)
Rarotongan	Karapa	To flash	(Bse)
Tokelau	Kalapa	Flash, glitter Problematic	(Sma)

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