Protoform: KAPU-A.* [CC] Cloud: *kapu-a

Description:	Cloud: *kapu-a
Reconstruction:	Reconstructs to CC: CC
Notes:	4 POC ka(b,p)u(R,t) "mist, fog, haze" (LPO II:74,140), gapu(l) "mist" (LPO II:141). 1 Cf. PPN kapu.2 "spread over, surround, envelop", -a "infestation by etc". *8 Note. :If the suggested derivation is correct the glottal stop in EAS is irregular.

Pollex entries:

Language	Reflex	Description	Source
Easter Island	Kapua	Fog, haze, mist	(Fts)
Hawaiian	ʔOopua	Puffy clouds, as banked up near the horizon	(Pki)
Kapingamarangi	Gabua	Raincloud (sign of rain)	(Lbr)
Manihiki-Rakahanga	Kapua	Cloud	(Bck)
Marquesas	Kapua (MQN), ʔapua (MQS)	Cime des chaînes des montagnes. Crête de montagne (Dln). Uncertain Semantic Connection	(Lch)
New Zealand Maori	Kapua	Cloud, mist	(Wms)
Pukapuka	Kaapua/ao	Cloud Problematic	(Bge)
Rarotongan	Kaapua	To overcast, to cloud; to cover with gloom; enveloped, enclosed	(Sve)
West Futuna	Poa	Cloud; to cloud over Phonologically Irregular	(Dty)

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