Protoform: KAI-GA.B [PN] Food refuse, esp. of chewed food
| Description: | Food refuse, esp. of chewed food |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Easter Island | Kaiŋa toa | Waste from the sugar cane given to animals as food | (Fts) |
| Hawaiian | ʔAina | Rejected, as refuse, especially of sugar cane | (Pki) |
| Mangareva | Keiga | Reste d'un os, d'une canne à sucre sucée, de quelque chose que l'on a mâchée (ne s'emploie que pour cela) | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Kainga | Husk of *nimata* [green coconut]; combined wringer and strainer | (Bck) |
| New Zealand Maori | Kainga | Refuse of a meal, as cockle shells, etc. | (Wms) |
| Nukuoro | Gainga | Trash, garbage; braided dead coconut fronds used in buttressing the sides of *uinga* | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Kainga | Coconut cream wringer, made from the husk of green coconut... | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Kainga | Rubbish | (Bge) |
| Samoan | ʔAiga/mea | A part of some food, as part of a joint of meat; a contemptuous term for a diseased person | (Prt) |
| Takuu | Kaina | Garbage, food peelings, scraps of food to be discarded | (Mle) |
| Tuvalu | Kaiga | Rubbish | (Jsn) |
| West Uvea | Kainga | Résidus, restes; saletés, ordures | (Hmn) |
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