Protoform: KO-TAKE [MQ] A bird

Description: A bird
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to MQ: Marquesic
Notes:

*1 Cf. PPN *take-take "A white seabird, probably a white tern", *kiitake "white tern".

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Mangareva Kotake Un oiseau de mer. Sterne blanche, Gygis alba (Rch). (Jnu)
Marquesas Kotake, pitake (MQN), kotaʔe, pitaʔe (MQS); pinake (Ua Pou) Sterne blanche des Marquises, oiseau de la famille des laridés (Lch)
Marquesas Kotake, pirake (NKH), tutake (Ua Huka), inake (Ua Pou), otaʔe, kotaʔe (Hiva Oa), otaʔe (Fatu Hiva) Sterne blanche; Common Fairy Tern (Gygis alba) (Chf)

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