Protoform: KIO.1B [NP] Young bird; bird sp.

Description: Young bird; bird sp.
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to NP: Nuclear Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PPN *kio.a "chirp, cheep".

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Kio Chicken (Fbg)
Fijian Kio/kio Small birds, chickens (Cpl)
Hawaiian ʔIo Hawaiian Hawk (Buteo solitarius) (Pki)
Luangiua ʔIo Baby chicken (from noise it makes) (Smd)
Mangareva Kiio Petit (en parlant d'un oiseau, animal, oeuf); oeuf couvé (Rch)
Marquesas Kio Chick(en). Poussin, petit d'une poule ou d'un oiseau; (Lch). (Dln)
Marquesas Kio/kio Oisillon, jeune oiseau; chick, young bird (Chf)
Marquesas Keyo-móa A chicken (Crk)
New Zealand Maori Kio/riki Little Bittern (Ixobrychus novaeseelandiae) (Wms)
Samoan ʔIoʔio Chicken (from its cry) (Prt)
Sikaiana Kio/kio Bird sp. (Dnr)
Tikopia Kio Fowl (Fth)
Vaeakau-Taumako Kio Hen. The fowl (TAU, Fox 1917). (Hvn)

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