Protoform: KAU-FANA [PN] Bow (the weapon)

Description: Bow (the weapon)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*4 POC *panaq "bow; to shoot" (Osm. 1993).
*1 Cf. PPN *kau.3 "wood, timber"; *fana "shoot with a bow".

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
East Uvea Kau fana Arc (Btn)
Niue Kaufana Bow, gun (Sph)
Pukapuka Kauwana Bow (archaic) (Sby)
Raʔivavae Aaufaŋa An archery bow Phonologically Irregular (Stn)
Samoan A/aufana/ Bow n. (Prt)
Tongan Kau-fana Bow (Cwd)
Tongan Aców-fanna A bow (Mar)
West Uvea Kaufana Bow (U 1887) (Hmn)

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