Protoform: KAWA.3 [CP] A fish: Kawa(kawa)
| Description: | A fish: Kawa(kawa) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CP: Central Pacific |
| Notes: | *8 Note: Proto-Fijian *kawakawa "Labridae sp." (Gty.1990b). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Kavakava | Fish sp., small - medium | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Kavakava | Therapon jarbua | (Rch) |
| Fijian | Kawakawa | Yellow-finned groper | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Qawaqawa | A fish like the saqa, but with a yellowish tail and no teeth. Syn kawakawa | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | ʔAʔawa | Wrasse (Bodianus bilunulatus) | (Pki) |
| Luangiua | Pou/ʔavaʔava | Large fish sp. with yellow fins | (Smd) |
| Luangiua | Pu/ʔava/ʔava | Crescent perch | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Kavakava | A red fish sp. (I) | (Rch) |
| Niuatoputapu | Kavakava | (Terapon jarbua?) | (Dye) |
| Nukuoro | Gava/ligi | Fish sp | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Kavakava | Fish sp | (Sta) |
| Rarotongan | Kavakava | A fish. Long-snouted, slender body with a grey stripe | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Kaba | Large fish sp | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | ʔAva | Kind of brownish fish . = `ao tube-mouthed fish spp. | (Smt) |
| Rotuman | Kav/kava | A kind of fish Borrowed | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | ʔAvaʔava | Terapon sp | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Kavakava | Fish sp | (Dnr) |
| Tahitian | ʔAvaʔava | (Malacanthus hoedtii). Short-nosed tilefish (Malacanthus brevirostris) (Bct). | (Rdl) |
| Takuu | Kava | Second growth stage of the barracuda | (Mle) |
| Tongan | Kavakava | Scavenger fish | (Cwd) |
| Tuamotu | Kavakava | (Decapterus sanctoehelenae) | (Stn) |
| Tuvalu | Kava/liki | Small to medium-sized fish sp. | (Rby) |
22 entries found
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