Protoform: KAU-QALIKI [NP] Tree sp. (Terminalia)
| Description: | Tree sp. (Terminalia) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 << PN *kau 'tree', *qariki 'chief' |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anuta | Kauariki | Tree with small, red edible fruit | (Fbg) |
| Mangareva | Koueriki | Arbre, espèce de badamier (Terminalia catappa) (Combrétacées) | (Rch) |
| Mangareva | Koeriki | Nom d'un arbre | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Kouíeke | A kind of large closegrained tree | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | Kouaii (MQS) | Grand arbre qui porte une amande bonne à manger | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Kawariki | A plant growing in swamps (?Ranunculus sp.); (Coprosma australis), the plant and fruit (Tuhoe only). Problematic | (Wms) |
| Raʔivavae | ʔAugiki | Variety of the paper mulberry tree (Broussonetia papyrifera) Problematic | (Zpn) |
| Rarotongan | Kauariki | Large deciduous trees with spreading branches and tough reddish wood (Terminalia glabrata and T.capatta), said to have been a sacred tree under which chiefs met | (Bse) |
| Samoan | ʔAualiʔi | A talie tree (Terminalia); a keel of a canoe made of talie (A chief's word) | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Kaualiki naniu | Plant sp. | (Dnr) |
| Sikaiana | Kaualiki lliki | Plant sp. | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | Auarii/roa | One of the trees said by tradition to be destined to hold up the sky; the leaves resemble those of the oak. Arbrisseau indigène (Jsn). | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | Aowiree [Parkinson 1773] | (Terminalia glabrata) | (Whr) |
| Tikopia | Kauariki | Tree (Terminalia catappa).... | (Fth) |
| Tuamotu | Kauariki/rooa | The miro tree (Thespesia populnea) (Myth.) | (Stn) |
| Tupuaki | Aurii | Broussonetia papyrifera Problematic | (Atn) |
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