Protoform: LIKU.1 [EO] Back side or windward side of island
| Description: | Back side or windward side of island |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction: | Reconstructs to EO: Eastern Oceanic |
| Notes: | *3 PEO *liku "windward side" (LPO II:45). |
Pollex entries:
| Language | Reflex | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Uvea | Liku | La partie en arriere d'une terre | (Btn) |
| Marquesas | ʔIku/ʔiku, iʔu | Profond Uncertain Semantic Connection | (Lch) |
| Niuatoputapu | Liku | Windward side (of an island) | (Dye) |
| Niue | Liku | Village on the west side of the island (Smith) | (Sph) |
| Rennellese | Giku | Land | (Ebt) |
| Tongan | Liku | Cliff-bound coast; large rocks on coast at the back of the island | (Cwd) |
| Tongan | Licoo | That part of any island which is least frequented by canoes, owing to its rocky shores; in all the Tonga islands the licoo is more or less the eastern coast | (Mar) |
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