Protoform: KANA.1 [PN] A kind of sponge used as an abrasive; to polish with such
| Description: | A kind of sponge used as an abrasive; to polish with such |
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| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
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Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Kana | A substance found in water on reef and used for polishing metal (a type of coral?) | (Fbg) |
| East Futuna | Kana | Hard sponge used as polisher , soft coral (i) | (Gzl) |
| East Uvea | Kana | Sorte d'eponge dure de mer servant a polir le bois | (Btn) |
| Hawaiian | ʔAna | Pumice used as abrasive | (Pki) |
| Mangaia | Kana | Red, branching coral | (Chn) |
| Mangareva | Kana | Corail tirant sur le jaune; son polype est vénimeux et fait gonfler la partie du corps qui a été touché | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Kana | Gravier dans les lichens | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Kana/kana | Eponge | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Kana/tai | Sel, éponge | (Dln) |
| Niue | Kana | Soft coral; to scrub, clean, burnish | (McE) |
| Nukuoro | Gala/gala. Karakara (Crn). | Sponge (several spp.) Phonologically Irregular | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Kana | Grate; stool-type coconut grater; kind of coral. Vegetable substance growing in flat rounded masses on the coral heads in the lagoon…used like sandpaper (Bck). | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Kana | A type of sea sponge | (Mta) |
| Rarotongan | Kana | Stool-type coconut grater; to grate with such. Said to be a borrowing from the northern group | (Bse) |
| Rarotongan | ʔAna/ʔana | Polish Problematic | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Kana | Marine growth on coral, when dry used as sandpaper | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | ʔAna | Coral used as pumice-stone | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | ʔAna | Râpe à coco faite d’un fer plat quie porte des dents a son extrémité, autrefois en corail; râper des cocos | (Lmt) |
| Takuu | Kana | Shellfish sp. | (Mle) |
| Tikopia | Kana | Marine material, probably sponge, said to drift to Tikopia | (Fth) |
| Tongan | Kana | A kind of marine growth somewhat like a sponge but harder | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Kana/ʔi | To rub or scrub or polish with a kana | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Cana | Sponge, spongy | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Kana | Coral used as rasp, grater | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Kana | Rub smooth; file or rub with feo | (Rby) |
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