Protoform: KOO-MOTO [CE] Not quite ripe (of coconut)
| Description: | Not quite ripe (of coconut) |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to CE: Central-Eastern Polynesian |
| Notes: | *0 << PN *moto.2b |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mangaia | Koomoto | Coconut maturation stage: half-ripe, containing more flesh than water... | (Sta) |
| Marquesas | Komoto | Not yet ripe. Fruit non entièrement mûr. | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | ʔOmoto (MQS), komoto (MQN) | Fruit non parvenue à entière maturité | (Lch) |
| Marquesas | ʔOmoto (Ua Huka, Hiva Oa) | [Middle stage of coconut growth] | (Chf) |
| Rarotongan | Koomoto | A half-ripe coconut between the stage when the drinking and ripe stages | (Bse) |
| Tahitian | ʔOomoto | Coco dont l’amande est consistante sans être dure; cette amande | (Lmt) |
| Tahitian | Omoto | A cocoanut in the last state before the ripe opaa | (Dvs) |
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