Protoform: KANO.1A [OC] Flesh (of plant or animal); substance, or essential part of anything; seed, kernel
| Description: | Flesh (of plant or animal); substance, or essential part of anything; seed, kernel |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PPN *ka-kano |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Kano | Flesh of animal, fish, fruit; flavour. Goût; avoir un gout; partie centrale (d’une route, d’une armée) (Mfr). | (Bgs) |
| East Uvea | Kano | Chair, viande, matière constituante d’un corps | (Btn) |
| Hawaiian | ʔAno | Kind, nature, character, color, meaning | (Pki) |
| Hawaiian | ʔAno/ʔano | Seed, kernel, germ | (Pki) |
| Kapingamarangi | Gana/gana | Plump, chubby | (Lbr) |
| Kapingamarangi | Gano/gano | A large yellow taro Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Ray) |
| Luangiua | ŋi/aŋo/ŋiho | Gum (mouth) | (Hbn) |
| Mangareva | Kano/kano | Graine, noyau; cachet, capsule | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Kano | Beau, joli Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Kano | Colour, sort, kind; seed | (Wms) |
| Niue | Kano | Grain of wood or timber. Seed (McE). | (McE) |
| Niue | Kano/kano | To sound in a harmonious way Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Kano/kano | Swamp taro Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dvl) |
| Nukumanu | Kano/uto | Spongy kernel of sprouting coconut | (Fbg) |
| Nukuoro | Gano | Flesh of, meat of | (Crl) |
| Nukuoro | Gano/ango | Yellow | (Crl) |
| Nukuoro | Gano/niho | Gums (of mouth) | (Crl) |
| Pukapuka | Kano | That which is regarded as the real or essential part of something (e.g. kano toki, head of an axe, kano moana, deep, dark ocean) (???); inside, centre, core of something | (Sby) |
| Pukapuka | Kano | Lovely, pretty Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Bge) |
| Pukapuka | Kano/kano | Anus Problematic | (Bge) |
| Rennellese | Kano | (+ qual.) Kernel, as of a nut; flesh, as of a coconut, fish or bivalve; genitalia, labia | (Ebt) |
| Sikaiana | Kano | Inner part, of a tree, for example the fleshy part or inside of a solid substance | (Sps) |
| Takuu | Kano/kano | Giant Taro (Cyrtosperma chamissonis) Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Mle) |
| Tongan | Kano | Flesh or substance (generally used when –`i is attached) | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Kano/ʔi | Flesh (or substance) of; absolute, utter, unmitigated | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Cano | The inmost substance of any thing, particularly kernels of fruit; also flesh | (Mar) |
| West Futuna | Kano | Taste (n,vi). Body, soul [Aniwa Dialect] (Missionaries deliberately interchanged the meanings of ata and kano.) | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Kano toki | Lame (de hache) | (Rve) |
| West Futuna | (H)kano/uri | Flesh [Aniwa Dialect] | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Kan/tea | Animal fat, white meat | (Dty) |
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