Protoform: KOAMA.* [CE] Young Goatfish (Mulloidycthys)

Description: Young Goatfish (Mulloidycthys)
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PPN *kaloama "Goatfish or Surmullet".

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Hawaiian ʔOoama Young of the weke fish (Pki)
Marquesas (Ko)koʔo(ʔ)ama (MQS) Poisson-trompette, trumpetfish (Chf)
New Zealand Maori Koroama, koroamo A small fish Problematic (Wms)
Rarotongan Koama, kooma A small, silvery fish caught in shoals along the beach (Bse)

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