Protoform: KOO-KILI [EP] Triggerfish

Description: Triggerfish
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to EP: East Polynesian
Notes:

*1 Cf. PPN *kili.1 "skin n.".

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Easter Island Kokiri Name for an unidentified fish (Fts)
Easter Island Kokiri Crosshatch Triggerfish (Xanthichthys mento) (Rce)
Hawaiian ʔOoʔili A kind of fish (Pki)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Kookiri Triggerfish (spp. of Balistapus, Melichthys, Rhinecanthus, Sufflamen) (McC)
New Zealand Maori Kookiri Triggerfish (Monocanthus convexirostris) (Wms)
Penrhyn Kookiri Triggerfish (spp. of Balistoides, Melichthys, Rhinecanthus, Sufflamen), filefish (Cantherines sp.). A kind of fish; filefish, triggerfish, leatherjacket spp (Sta). (McC)
Pukapuka Kookili Triggerfish (generic) Borrowed (Sby)
Rarotongan Kookiri Triggerfish and filefish spp. (Balistidae) (Bse)
Tahitian ʔOʔiri Balistidae. (Rdl)
Tahitian ʔOoʔiri Baliste, nom général des poissons de la famille des Balistidae... (Lmt)
Tuamotu Kookiri Triggerfish (Stn)

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