Protoform: KAWA-KAWA [PN] Plant (Piper or Macropiper sp.)
| Description: | Plant (Piper or Macropiper sp.) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PPN *kawa.1 |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Kavakava a kuma | Nom d'une plante de brousse (Macropiper latifolium) | (Rch) |
| New Zealand Maori | Kawakawa | (Macropiper excelsum) | (Wms) |
| Samoan | ʔAvaʔava/aitu, ʔavaʔava/tua | Species of pepper (Piper insectifugum, latifolium, puberulum) | (Prt) |
| Tahitian | Avaava/irai | A wild species of the ava plant, very acrid, and not used; (Piper latifolium) (Jsn) | (Dvs) |
| Tongan | Kavakava/aʔulie | A kind of shrub somewhat like kava, used medicinally (Piper macgillivrayi); (Macropiper puberulum) (Whr) | (Cwd) |
| Tupuaki | Avaava irai | Piper latifolium | (Atn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Lau/kavakava | Wild Piper methysticum. Tree sp. (big leaves used as custom medicine) (Hvn). | (Ray) |
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