Protoform: KAWE.1A [MP] Tentacle (of octopus etc.)

Description: Tentacle (of octopus etc.)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to MP: Malayo-Polynesian
Notes:

*1 >> NP *kaavei
*4 POC *kawe "tentacle of a cephalopod" (LPO IV:201).
*5 PMP *gaway "octopus tentacles" (Zorc 1994).
*51 PMP *(k,g)away "tentacles of octopus, squid, jellyfish, etc." (ACD).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Fijian Qawe Legs of a crab (Cpl)
Hawaiian ʔAwe Tentacle (Pki)
Kapingamarangi Gawe bilibili Tentacles of octopus (Lbr)
Mangareva Kave Tentacle du poulpe (Rch)
Marquesas Kave. Octopus tentacles. Tentacules (d'une poulpe). (Dln)
Marquesas Kave (MQN), ʔave(ʔave) (MQS) Tentacule, tentacle. (Chf)
Motu Gave Feelers of octopus (Lst)
New Zealand Maori Kawe/kawe Tentacle of cuttlefish (Wms)
Pukapuka Kave pakipaki Tentacle of Portuguese Man-of-war (Sby)
Rarotongan Kaakave Tentacle (Bse)
Saʔa Ka/kawe/na Tentacles of octopus (Ivs)
Samoan ʔAve Tentacle (Mnr)
Tahitian Ave/ave The long feelers of the fee or cuttle fish (Dvs)
Tongan Kave Tentacle of cuttlefish (Cwd)
West Futuna Kave Tentacle of octopus or squid (Dty)

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