Protoform: KALO-KALO [SO] Erythrina flower

Description: Erythrina flower
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to SO: Samoic-Outlier Polynesian
Notes:

*3 Cf. PEO *kalo-kalo "glimmer" (LPO II:78).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Futuna Kalokalo Flower of Erythrina (Mfr)
Emae Kalokalo Planting season for yams (September), when the Erythrina flowers Problematic (Rve)
Fijian Kalokalo Imported aster plant, a garden flower Problematic (Cpl)
Fijian Qaloqalo/vosa A plant (Glochidion cordatum) Borrowed (Cpl)
Hawaiian Aloalo All kinds of Hibiscus Problematic (Pki)
Pukapuka Kalokalo/awi Sparks of fire Problematic (Bge)
Rapa Karokaro The palm-lily (Cordyline terminalis) Problematic (Sks)
Samoan ʔAloʔalo Flower of Erythrina sp. (Prt)
Tikopia Kalokalo Red flowers of coral tree (Erythrina sp.) (Fth)

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