Protoform: KALO-AMA [PN] Goatfish or Surmullet: *kalo(ama)
| Description: | Goatfish or Surmullet: *kalo(ama) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *4 POC *kalo "growth stage of goatfish" (LPO IV:86). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Kalo-ama | Small fish sp | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Kaloama | Nom d`un poisson; gros uhouho ; (M. flavolineatus | (Hpr) |
| East Uvea | Kaloama | Mulloides flavolineatus, larger growth stage | (Rch) |
| Hawaiian | ʔOoama | Young of the weke fish | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | Gala | Goatfish sp. | (Hpr) |
| Mangareva | Kaʔoa | Poisson: Mulloidichthys vanicolensis (Mullidae) Borrowed | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Kaʔoa | (Upeneus vittatus) MQN; (Mulloidicthys sp.) MQS Phonologically Irregular | (Hpr) |
| New Zealand Maori | Koroama | A small fish | (Wms) |
| Niuatoputapu | Kaloama | (Mulloidichthys flavolineatus) | (Dye) |
| Niue | Kaloama, koloama | Goatfish, small, yellowish. Yellowstripe goatfish (Mulloides flavolineatus) (Sph). | (Hpr) |
| Nukumanu | Karo | Young goatfish | (Hwd) |
| Nukuoro | Galo-gila | Goatfish | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | Kalooma | A small fish ; yellow mullet ; young goatfish (both vete and memea) | (Hpr) |
| Rarotongan | Koama | A small, silvery fish caught in shoals along the beach ; young vete, 6 inches | (Hpr) |
| Rennellese | Kagoama | Probably a goatfish | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Aloama | Goatfish, Surmullet | (Prt) |
| Takuu | Karo | Goatfish (Mullidae auriflamma), juvenile growth stage of vete | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Karoama | Small reef fish, striped yellow longitudinally, possibly young of Goatfish (Mulloidycthys) | (Fth) |
| Tokelau | Kalo | Bait goatfish (Mulloidichthys samoensis) | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Kalo-ama | Young vete (Surmullet) | (Cwd) |
| Tuvalu | Kalo | (Mulloidicthys auriflamma) | (Hpr) |
| West Futuna | Korama | Fish sp. | (Cpl) |
22 entries found
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