Protoform: LAGA.2 [PN] Plait (as a mat, basket): *(la)laga

Description: Plait (as a mat, basket): *(la)laga
Reconstruction: Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian
Notes:

*8 Note. Technically speaking, Polynesians did not weave. In the glosses weave refers to the universal technique for making mats, better called plaiting.

Pollex entries:

Language Reflex Description Source
Anuta Ra/ranga. Raa/ranga (Fbg). Weave. To plait mats or baskets or sunvisors (Fbg). (Yen)
East Futuna La/laga Plait (e.g. a mat) (Bgs)
East Uvea Laa/laaga Tisser, tresser des nattes (Rch)
East Uvea Laaga Tresser, tisser (Rch)
Easter Island Ra/raŋa Weave (Kvt)
Emae Raaga/a Plait, weave (Cpl)
Hawaiian Na(na)la Plait (Pki)
Hawaiian U/lana/ Plait (Pki)
Ifira-Mele Raa/raga Weave, plait (Clk)
Ifira-Mele Raaga/a Weave, plait (Clk)
Luangiua La(la)ŋa Plait (Smd)
Luangiua Laŋa Weave (Smd)
Mangareva Ra/raga Tisser v.tr. (Rch)
Manihiki-Rakahanga Ra/ranga Plait (Bck)
Marquesas ʔA/ʔaka (MQN), ʔa/ʔana (MQS) Tresser les nattes, tisser (Lch)
Marquesas Ke/ana (MQS), ʔe/ana. Ke/ʔana (MQS) (Lch). Tresser des nattes, des feuilles de cocotier; offrir aux dieux, les invoquer Problematic (Dln)
Moriori Ranga Plait (Shd)
New Zealand Maori Ra(ra)nga Plait (as a basket, a mat) (Bgs)
New Zealand Maori Ranga/ia Passive form of ra(ra)nga (Bgs)
Niuafoʔou Laa/langa Weave (Dye)
Niue La/laga Weave, plait (pandanus or coconut leaves, incl. making crayfish nets and arrowroot filters) (Sph)
Nuguria La/lana Plait (mat) (Ray)
Nuguria R/rana (sg.obj.), rana/rana (pl.obj.) Plait, weave baskets (Dvl)
Nukumanu L/lana Plait (Fbg)
Nukuoro L/langa Plait (mats) (Crl)
Penrhyn Raa/ranga Weave, plait (Sta)
Pukapuka La/langa To plait (Bge)
Rapa Ranga To weave (Sks)
Rarotongan Ra(ra)nga Plait (Bse)
Rennellese Ga/ganga Weave (Ebt)
Samoan La/laga Weave (Prt)
Sikaiana L/lana Plait (Dnr)
Tahitian Ra/raʔa Tresser des surfaces (Lmt)
Takuu L/lana Weave, plait (floor mats, wall panels) (Mle)
Tikopia Ra/ranga Weave (Drd)
Tikopia Ranga Plait leaf materials into mat, basket (Fth)
Tokelau La/laga Weave (Sma)
Tokelau Laa/laga Mat (Sma)
Tongan La(la)nga Weave (Cwd)
Tongan Langa. La/langa. To plait mats, to weave. To weave (Mar)
Tuamotu Ra(ra)ŋa Weave (Stn)
Tuvalu La/laga Weave, plait (Rby)
Vaeakau-Taumako Langa Plait, weave (mats, baskets) (Hvn)
West Futuna Raga (pl. h/laga) To weave, plait (Dty)
West Uvea La/laga, laaga Tresser (Hmn)

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