Protoform: KARAA-MEA [CE] A kind of stone

Description: A kind of stone
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian
Notes:

*0 << PN *kalaa "kind of stone", *mea "reddish"

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Hawaiian ʔAlaamea Hard, volcanic stone used for adzes (Pki)
Mangareva Karamea Partie du cou, à l'extrémité supérieure des os cartilagineux de la poitrine. A part of the liver; a part of the neck, at the higher end of the cartilaginous bone of the throat (Tgr). Uncertain Semantic Connection (Rch)
New Zealand Maori Karamea Red ochre (Wms)
Tuamotu Karamea Reddish soil, sand, clay (Stn)

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