Protoform: KUMALA.1 [PN] Sweet Potato (Ipomoea): *ku(u)mala
| Description: | Sweet Potato (Ipomoea): *ku(u)mala |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *8 Note. It is possible that all forms outside of EP are borrowings as there are no early references to the plant in western Polynesia. Loss of m in kVmV is recorded for a few MIA words, e.g. kuete < *kumete, koani < *komani. |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Futuna | Kumala | Sweet Potato (Ipomoea) (?, I) Borrowed | (Mfr) |
| East Uvea | Kumala | Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) | (Rch) |
| Easter Island | Kumara, kumaa | Sweet potato | (Wbr) |
| Easter Island | Kuumara | Sweet Potato (Ipomoea) | (Fts) |
| Emae | Kumala | Sweet Potato Problematic | (Cpl) |
| Fijian | Kumala | Sweet Potato (Ipomoea) () Problematic | (Cpl) |
| Gilbertese | Kumara | (Ipomoea batatas) | (Whr) |
| Hawaiian | ʔU(w)ala | Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) Problematic | (Pki) |
| Mangaia | Kuuʔara | The Mangaian name for sweet potato | (Whr) |
| Mangareva | Kuumara | Patate douce (Ipomoea batatas), Convolvulacées | (Rch) |
| Marquesas | Kuumaʔa (MQN), ʔuumaʔa (MQS). Kumaʔa (MQN), umaʔa (MQS) (Lch). | Sweet Potato (Ipomoea). Patate douce, plante de la famille des convolvulacées (Lch). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | Umáu-a | The tops of the sweet potatoe | (Crk) |
| Marquesas | Gumáu-a | The sweet potatoe (Convolvulus chrysorizus parkinsoni) | (Crk) |
| Moriori | Pakamara | Sweet potato Problematic | (Shd) |
| New Zealand Maori | Kuumara | Sweet Potato (Ipomoea) | (Wms) |
| Niue | Ti/mala/ | Sweet Potato (Ipomoea) Problematic | (Sph) |
| Penrhyn | Kuumara | Sweet Potato | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Kuumala | Plant sp. in old chants | (Sby) |
| Rapa | Kumara | Sweet potato (Ipomea batatas) | (Sks) |
| Rarotongan | Kuumara | Sweet Potato (Ipomoea) | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Kumala | A kind of panna said to have been introduced to Rennell in about 1920; sweet potatoes; considered a Solomons word Borrowed | (Ebt) |
| Rotuman | Kumara | Sweet Potato Borrowed | (Cwd) |
| Samoan | ʔUmala | Sweet Potato (Batatas) | (Prt) |
| Sikaiana | Kumala | Sweet Potato | (Sps) |
| Tahitian | Umara | Sweet potatoes | (Dvs) |
| Tahitian | ʔUmara | Patate douce (Batatas edulis) | (Lmt) |
| Tahitian | Uara | The Hawaiian species of sweet Potato Problematic | (Lmt) |
| Tikopia | Kumara | Sweet potato | (Drd) |
| Tokelau | Kumala | Sweet Potato, introduced from Samoa Problematic | (Whr) |
| Tongan | Kumala | Sweet potato | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Goomala | The sweet potatoe | (Mar) |
| Tuamotu | Kumara | Sweet-potato | (Stn) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Kumara | Sweet potato Problematic | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Kamala | Sweet Potato or similar root crop Problematic | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Kumaua | Sweet Potato or similar root crop Problematic | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Kumala | Sweet Potato or similar root crop Problematic | (Dty) |
| West Uvea | Kumala | Patate douce (Ipomoea batatas) | (Hmn) |
37 entries found
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