Protoform: KONA.4 [EO] Bitter

Description: Bitter
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to EO: Eastern Oceanic
Notes:

*3 PEO *kona "bitter, intoxicating" (Gty. 1983).
*1 Cf. PPN *kona.3 "intoxicating, poisonous".

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta E/kona Sour, bitter (Yen)
East Futuna Kona Fort, amer, poison (Mfr)
East Uvea Kona Venin, poison Problematic (Rch)
Easter Island Kona/kona Tasteless (Fts)
Emae Kona Bitter, not sweet (Cpl)
Ifira-Mele Kona/kona Not sweet, sour, bitter (Clk)
Mangaia Konakona Savory (Chn)
Mota Go/gona/ Bitter, acrid (Cdn)
New Zealand Maori Kona Give out odour; savour, smell n. (Wms)
Niue Kona Bitter, salty (Sph)
Nuguria Kona Sour (Ray)
Rapa Kona Sweet Uncertain Semantic Connection (Grn)
Rennellese Kona Salty, poisonous, bitter (Ebt)
Samoan ʔOna Poisonous , bitter, poisonous (Prt)
Samoan ʔO/ʔona/ Sour, bitter (Prt)
Sikaiana Kona Sour (Dnr)
Tahitian Ona/ona Acrid, unpleasant (Dvs)
Tikopia Kona Highly flavoured, pungent, bitter (Fth)
Tokelau Kona Sour, bitter, salty (Sma)
Tongan Kona Bitter, poison, (too) salty (Cwd)
Tongan Cawna Bitter; brackish (Mar)
Tuvalu Ko/kona/ Bitter, sour (Rby)
West Futuna Kona Bitter, acid, unpalateable, poisonous (Dty)
West Futuna U/kona/kona Smoking badly (of fire) (Cpl)
West Uvea Kona Salé, amer (Hmn)

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