Protoform: LAULAU [PN] Basket or leaves for serving or carrying food; to serve food
| Description: | Basket or leaves for serving or carrying food; to serve food |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to PN: Polynesian |
| Notes: | *1 Cf. PPN *lau "leaf" |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fijian | Draudrau | The leaves on which food is served up; the cover or wrapper of anything | (Cpl) |
| Hawaiian | Laulau | Wrapping, wrapped package; packages of ti leaves or banana leaves containing pork, beef, salted fish etc.; to wrap or carry in such bundles | (Pki) |
| Ifira-Mele | Raurau | Plant sp. (Heliconia) with large leaves in which laplap is wrapped for cooking | (Clk) |
| Ifira-Mele | Laulau | Feast, food set out for eating Problematic | (Clk) |
| Kapingamarangi | Laulau | Basket used to cover the earth oven | (Lbr) |
| Luangiua | Pa/laulau | Small triangular bag for food | (Smd) |
| Mangareva | Pa/raurau | Embarcation à fond plat, chaland Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Rch) |
| Manihiki-Rakahanga | Raurau | Generic term for cooking receptacles and serving platters | (Bck) |
| Marquesas | Auau | Nappe; mettre la nappe, tapisser; mettre en train. Garnir de feuilles (Lch). | (Dln) |
| Marquesas | ʔAuʔau | Gaillard d'avant, éperon d'un navire, proue. Proue, avant (de la pirogue); bow (of canoe) (Atl). Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Dln) |
| New Zealand Maori | Raurau | Receptacle, basket | (Wms) |
| Niuatoputapu | Laulau | Tray | (Dye) |
| Niue | Laulau | Coconut leaf spread (traditionally used onto which to spread food for a feast); table; to spread, to put out (of food) | (Sph) |
| Nuguria | Raurau | Small basket used to serve food (woven of coconut leaves) | (Dvl) |
| Nukuoro | Laulau | A type of basket [various types, to hold food] | (Crl) |
| Penrhyn | Raurau | Rough basket made of coconut frond for carrying and/or containing foods | (Sta) |
| Pukapuka | Laulau | Food platter of coconut leaf | (Bge) |
| Rarotongan | Raurau | Small basket or platter plaited from coconut leaves used mostly to hold food, or as food trays | (Bse) |
| Rennellese | Gaugau | Basket of cooked food, plate, dish; to place food in baskets for offerings | (Ebt) |
| Samoan | Laulau | Coconut leaf platter (used for serving food); table; kava bowl; to serve (food) out | (Prt) |
| Takuu | Raurau | Basket containing enough cooked food for one or two people | (Mle) |
| Tokelau | Laulau | A table; a food mat | (Sma) |
| Tongan | Laulau | Tray, or a banana leaf used as a tray | (Cwd) |
| Vaeakau-Taumako | Laulau | Nicely plaited basket with plaited patterns used for carrying food at weddings, when paying bride price etc.; plaited tray for serving food to a person at a party | (Hvn) |
| West Futuna | Raurau | A covering made of leaves used to protect starchy puddings while cooking | (Dty) |
| West Futuna | Raurau ipu. Rourou/ipu (Rve) | Coconut shell kava cup. Bol, verre (Rve). | (Cpl) |
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