Protoform: KAFA.3 [FJ] Diamond-scaled mullet (Mugil vaigiensis)

Description: Diamond-scaled mullet (Mugil vaigiensis)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to FJ: Fijic
Notes:

*0 >> NP *kafa-kafa
*2 PFJ *kava "(Liza vaigensis)" (Gty.1990b).
*4 POC *kaRapa "k.o. fish" (LPO IV:59).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Fijian Kava Fish like kanace, black gills and reddish tail (Cpl)
Hawaiian ʔAha Fish of Bellonidae family (Pki)
Luangiua Lili/ʔaha Diamond fish; bull fish, angel fish (Smd)
Mangareva Kaʔa Nom d'un poisson (Chelon vaigiensis) (Mugilidae) (Rch)
Mangareva A/kaʔa Poisson: Crenimugil crenilabis (Mugilidae) (Rch)
New Zealand Maori Kaha/wai Fish sp. (Arripis trutta). a saltwater fish that is also found in the fresh water of large rivers (Bgs)
Pukapuka Kawa (Ellochelon vaigiensis) (Sby)
Rarotongan Kaʔa (Mugil vaigiensis) (Hpr)
Samoan ʔAfa (Mugil vaigiensis) (Hpr)
Tokelau Kafa Diamond-scaled Mullet (Mugil vaigiensis) (Hpr)
Tuvalu Kafa/kafa Mullet (Rby)
West Futuna Kafa Fish sp. (Cpl)

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