Protoform: KAO-KAO [PN] Side, rib; analogous parts of a house or canoe *(hui) kaokao

Description: Side, rib; analogous parts of a house or canoe *(hui) kaokao
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PPN *(hui) kasokaso "ribs".
*4 POC *kaRo "ribs".
*8 Note: All NP reflexes could equally be derived from a putative *kahokaho, a doublet of the above.

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
ʔAreʔare Karo-na Rib, flank, side, loins (of humans) (Gts)
Anuta Kaokao Armpit (Fbg)
Anuta Paka/kaukau Longitudinal supporting beams for roof of house (Fbg)
Arosi Garogaro-na The side, ribs of a man (Fox)
Arosi Garo-na The side of a house (Fox)
Bugotu Gaogaro-gna Ribs (Ivs)
East Futuna Kaokao Side of canoe (Mfr)
East Uvea Kaokao Bords extérieurs d'un navire, partis latérales d'une pirogues (Rch)
Easter Island Kaokao Side (Fts)
Hawaiian ʔAoʔao Side, boundary (Pki)
Hawaiian Iwi ʔaoʔao Rib, rib-bone, spare ribs (Pki)
Ifira-Mele Kaokao Side, ribs (Clk)
Kapingamarangi Kaokao Side (Ebt)
Kapingamarangi Gaugau Gunwale rail of a canoe Phonologically Irregular (Lbr)
Lau Gagaro Ribs, side of a person (Fox)
Lau Karao Ribs, large bones of fish (Fox)
Luangiua ʔAoʔao Ribs (Smd)
Luangiua Ivi ʔaoʔao Rib (Smd)
Mangareva Kaokao Coté, depuis les pieds jusqu'à la tête; partie latérale; partie d'un tout; tourner la tête pour regarder. The side, flank (Rch)
Mangareva Tokoto taa/kaokao Se coucher sur le côté; lie on one's side (Chf)
Mangareva Pa/kaokao Vent du travers; de côté, d'un côté; fruit à pain allongé (se dit aussi d'un enfant qui grandit sans grossir) (Rch)
Mangareva Ivi kaokao Côte, rib (Chf)
Mangareva ʔEre taa/kaokao Marcher de travers; walk sideways, stagger. (Chf)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Koko Side; side of body; a collateral branch Phonologically Irregular (Sve)
Marquesas Kaokao (MQN), ʔaoʔao (MQS) (Fatu Hiva - Atl). Côté(s), flanc(s). Flank, side. Côté de la maison; side of a house (Atl). (Dln)
Moriori Kaokao Ribs . Side, flank (Shd)
New Zealand Maori Kaokao Side of canoe or person, ribs; be sideways (Wms)
Nuguria Kaukau Longitudinal house strut Phonologically Irregular (Dvl)
Nukuoro Gaogao Side of, the part surrounding, environs of, sides of the abdomen (Crl)
Penrhyn Kookoo Side (Sta)
Pukapuka Kaokao Side of something . Side of body or object. Kaokao Tokelau/Tonga, north, south (Mta)
Rapa Kaokao Ribs; sides (of house) (Grn)
Rarotongan Kaokao Side (of person or thing), rib (Bse)
Rarotongan Ivi kaokao Rib (Bse)
Rarotongan Tii/kaokao Tilt v.t.; list, heel over (Bse)
Rennellese Kaokao Side (human, animal) (Ebt)
Rennellese Ibi kaokao Rib; chicken wishbone (Ebt)
Saʔa Karokaro Ribs (Ivs)
Samoan ʔAoʔao Inner sides of canoe; armpit (Prt)
Sikaiana Kaukau A part of the roof of a house: a pole that rests horizontally on the large roof beams {oka naniu} and supports the small roofbeams {oka likiliki} Phonologically Irregular (Dnr)
Tahitian ʔAoʔao Coté (d'un homme, d'un animal ou d'un objet) (Lmt)
Tahitian Ivi ʔaoʔao Côtes (Lmt)
Takuu Ivi kaukau Bone, rib Phonologically Irregular (Hwd)
Takuu Kaokao Vertical upper portion of the side of a canoe; side of human body (Mle)
Tikopia Kaokao Ribs, flank (Fth)
Tokelau Kaokao Armpit (Sma)
Tongan Kaokao Side of a boat or ship, or of a cart etc. (Cwd)
Tuamotu Kaokao Ribs, sides (Stn)
Tuvalu Kaokao Side, coast ; armpit (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Kaokao Side (Hvn)
Vaeakau-Taumako Na/kaokao Sides of shaft of adze helve (Lch)
West Uvea Kaokao Long et mince Uncertain Semantic Connection (Hmn)

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