Protoform: KAWA.1B [NP] Sour, bitter

Description: Sour, bitter
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian
Notes:

*0 >> CE *puu-kawa
*3 Cf. PML *’afa “bitter”
*8 Note: At some stage *kawa "bitter, sour" replaced *kona "bitter, sour".

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Easter Island Kava Sour, salty. Brackish (Wbr). (Fts)
Easter Island ʔAva-ʔava Tobacco Borrowed (Wbr)
Hawaiian ʔAwa Sour, bitter (Pki)
Luangiua Pava Bitter taste Phonologically Irregular (Smd)
Mangareva Kava Amer, ingrat, chiche, avare. Acide, amer, salé; sour, bitter, salty (Atl). (Jnu)
Mangareva Kava/kava Etre légèrement acide (Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Kava Bitter (Bck)
Marquesas Kava, ʔava. Kava/kava (MQN), pi/kava/kava (MQS) (Atl). Amer, aigre, acre, acide (Dln)
Marquesas Moui/kava Aigreur d'estomac (Lch)
Marquesas Pi/kava Amer, acide, piquant (Lch)
Moriori Kawa Sour, acid (Shd)
New Zealand Maori Kawa Sour, bitter (Wms)
Niue Ka/kava (pass. kava/hia (Lws)). Acrid, bitter Problematic (McE)
Penrhyn Kava Bitter, sour, salty, acrid (Sta)
Pukapuka Kava Bitter or sour or lacking in taste (Mta)
Rapa Kava/kava Bitter (Sks)
Rarotongan Kava Sour, bitter (Bse)
Rennellese Kaba Smell bad, be rotten (Ebt)
Samoan ʔAʔava Pungent, acrid (Prt)
Tahitian Ava/ava Sour, acrid, bitter, saltish (Dvs)
Tahitian ʔAva/ʔava Acide, amer, salé; tabac (Lmt)
Tokelau Ka/kava Acrid, pungent (Sma)
Tokelau Kava/hia Be stung, affected by pungency (of mouth) (Sma)
Tuamotu Kava Sour, bitter (Stn)
Tuvalu Ka/kava Feeling in mouth when thirsty; sour (Rby)

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