Protoform: KUKA.1 [OC] Mangrove Crab

Description: Mangrove Crab
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to OC: Oceanic
Notes:

*4 POC *kuka "mudcrab, including Sesarma sp. or spp., living in mangrove forest and mudflats" (LPO IV:174).

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Arosi Kuka Generic term for crab (Fox)
Fijian Kuka Small red and black mangrove crab (Cpl)
Marquesas Kuka Espece de crabe (Dln)
Nukuoro Kaa Mangrove crab Problematic (Crl)
Samoan ʔUʔa Common mangrove crab, (Sesarma sp.) (Prt)
Tongan Kuka Kind of crab (Cwd)

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